Ukraine helped build the Russian empire. Now it stands in the way of its resurrection – Serhii Plokhii
After the Russian Empire conquered Ukraine in the 18th century, the myth of a triune Rus emerged to…
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First English-language course about Crimea dispels Russian imperial narratives on peninsula’s history
Crimea has made important appearances in the broader region throughout history. During Antiquity, Greek colonies appeared…
Remarkable find near Khortytsia. Underwater archaeologists raise ancient Cossack gun carriage to surface
“Our archaeologists have found an iron-bound cannon carriage (a special mobile unit used to transport an artillery piece)…
Sensational find on Khortytsia reveals the remains of an 18th century Cossack encampment
“Here we can see the upper layers covered with soot, which indicates a fire was lit in the…
Northern Ukraine’s vulnerable Sumy Oblast: covert Russian links and Cossack threats
With Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings taking a massive hit as a result of the novel coronavirus…
Russia’s Cossacks form their own autocephalous church, one in which they won’t be ‘slaves of God’
In what may become one of the most significant echoes of Ukrainian autocephaly in Russia, the All-Cossack Social…
New dig in Chyhyryn sheds light on a page of Ukrainian Cossack history
In autumn of 2017, explorers accidentally stumbled on a deep hole filled with human bones (mainly human skulls)…
Russians far more imperialist now than they were in Soviet times, Cossack historian says
Russians today are “much more imperialist than they were in the last years of the USSR, Vladimir Melikhov…
The Bolbochan raid: How Ukrainian troops captured Crimea 100 years ago
- Salaam Aleikum! Don’t shoot! Glory to Ukraine! They moved forward and stood under the only lamp…
Putin’s Reign of Terror on Russia’s New Dissidents: “Cossacks” Attack Navalny Family as Police Watch
On May 17, 2016, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his family and colleagues from the Anti-Corruption Fund…
Moscow’s attacks on Cossacks show limits of Putin’s ‘reconciliation’ program
“Reconciliation is a good thing, and hostility is bad,” Igor Klyamkin says. “But there are reconciliations and reconciliations,”…
Putin’s war in Ukraine keeps Moscow from addressing Cossack genocide of 1920s
Ninety-six years ago this weekend, the Soviet government launched what became a decade-long campaign to “de-Cossackize” Russia, a…