Ukrainian becoming de facto the language of Ukraine, Viatrovych says
Kyiv’s announcement that railway stations in Ukraine within three months will have signs in Ukrainian and English but…
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Decommunization in Ukraine
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Before and after: metamorphoses of Soviet architecture
Soviet architecture is notorious for its unappealing, monotonous appearance. The standardized multi-apartment blocks were designed for a classless…
Whose names disappeared from the map of Ukraine? Interactive decommunization map
Until recently, many toponyms in Ukraine carried names from the Soviet era. The "decommunization laws" Ukraine adopted on…
Polish-Ukrainian confrontation over historical past gains momentum
On 7 July Kyiv City Council renamed five streets, a lane and an avenue. The last one, in…
Lists of NKVD victims killed in mass executions in 1941 published online
75 years ago, during June - July 1941, the Soviet NKVD shot around 24 thousand prisoners in western…
“How many Putins are there?” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Jaw casts fill potholes in Siberia” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Chornobyl: the secret tragedy which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union
Kyiv, a 10-y.o. old boy comes from school and says: - Mom, a girl in my school told…
The Kremlin’s revival of the “red project” may ultimately turn against it
In early July, I wrote about how it is profitable for the Kremlin to take advantage of radical…
Ukraine prepares to make Soviet KGB archives available online
For almost a year since the “decommunization laws” have entered into force, all the documents of repressive Soviet…
Crimean Anschluss opened way for justification of Stalin and Soviet system, Zubov says
The Crimean Anschluss opened the way for the “completely open” justification of Stalin and thus of everything Soviet…
Ukraine’s European integration impossible without decommunization
First of all, I would like to highlight the importance and the urgency of the issues that we…
This is why Ukraine needs decommunization of public spaces
The law condemning Communist and Nazi totalitarian regimes adopted this spring provides for the removal of Soviet symbolism…
Here’s how Kyiv’s subway would look like with Nazi symbols instead of Soviet ones
Ukraine has been independent for 24 years since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, but in…
Control over the past: Russia’s archival policy and Second World War myths
On the April 4, I read an article titled "Spies from the reading room." It described how during the last…
Ten myths about decommunization in Ukraine
On April 9, 2015, four laws of the so-called "decommunization package" were passed by the Ukrainian Parliament. These laws…
Ukraine and Poland to investigate Volyn tragedy in joint historical commission
The Ukrainian (UINP) and Polish (IPN) Institutes of National Remembrances have made a decision to create a joint historical…
Mass graves exemplify communist terror — Poroshenko
President Poroshenko called on all those who oppose decommunization to come to the site of mass graves in…
“Ukraine’s European discourse does not correspond to reality”: Interview with Volodymyr Ishchenko
Interview by Javier Morales. Javier Morales (JM): How do you think that the Ukrainian society is assessing…
In opening access to Communist totalitarian archives, Ukraine draws on European experience
In the European Union the first intergovernmental standard governing archival policies and practices was passed fifteen years ago. Ukraine…