Dancing with Stalin. The Holodomor genocide famine in Ukraine
De-humanization first, then their destruction can be justified Steve Komarnyckyj explains the title of his lecture by saying…
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About the Holodomor. Background data
The term Holodomor (death by hunger, in Ukrainian) refers to the starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932–33…
Maidan for the descendants
Years later Maidan will become a theme for literature and cinema, its aged participants will tell their grandchildren…
Never again! Celebrating Kharkiv’s independent spirit and the end to all Holodomors
Never Again! Kharkiv, Then and Now: In the 1930’s, the USSR artificially orchestrated a famine in the land…
November 22 – the tenth anniversary of the Orange Revolution
Today is the tenth anniversary of the Orange Revolution, which began as a protest against the falsification of…
Stalin’s “Little Green Men”
After the Crimea was annexed and after the war in the Donbas was unleashed a lot has been…
Putin’s twisted imperial logic: The (many) historical claims on Russian lands
Russian neo-imperialistic propaganda has been claiming that the annexation of Crimea is a form of “historical justice.” Perhaps,…
Why a new Russian offensive in Ukraine would cost Moscow more casualties than USSR suffered in Afghanistan
Ever more commentators are suggesting that a new round of Russian military aggression in Ukraine is likely in…
No Russian Fairytale: Ending the Soviet historical mindset in Ukraine
Until recently, 28 October was celebrated in Ukraine as the “Day of liberation of Ukraine from fascist invaders.”…
From separatism to integration into another state: the way of Georgian territories
From the declaration of independence to integration: this is the path Russia has outlined for Abkhazia. Tbilisi is…
Ukraine’s Institute of National Memory addresses myths about UPA for the new Day of the Defender
Historical Background Religious Feast of Pokrova (Intercession of the Virgin Mary) On October 14th, the Eastern Rite churches…
New October 14 ‘Day of Defender of Ukraine’ holiday marks break with Soviet past
On October 14, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed October 14, the day of celebrating Pokrova, or Intercession, of…
How the ‘Russian world’ concept propels Russian aggression in Ukraine
Somehow, these turbulent times have conjured up the Minsk negotiations in 1990 and 1991, which were attended by…
Crimea is Not Historically ‘Ours,’ Russian Historian Says in ‘Vedomosti’
The underlying premise of Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea is false: Crimea has not been part of Russia…
Ignorant of history, Russians blame Lenin and Stalin for Moscow’s problems in Ukraine
Following the Crimean Anschluss, Russians have stopped focusing their anger on Nikita Khrushchev, who transferred Crimea from the…
Ukrainian ‘Banderite’ nationalism: an inhumane ideology which has no place in XXI?
Historical reality: the very term ‘nationalism’ is immediately associated with ‘national exclusivity’ or ‘hatred.’ However, this occurrence is…
Myths and stereotypes: Crimean Tatars cannot call themselves an indigenous nation
“Greeks are the island’s indigenous people, they were there before you and me.” – V. Putin a) the…
Myths and stereotypes: Crimean Tatars cannot call themselves an indigenous nation
“Greeks are the island’s indigenous people, they were there before you and me.” – V. Putin a) the…
Why the Russian breakup with Ukraine might be the end of the empire
Should an average Russian, lulled by the screams of national TV, hear that the sentence to the state…
Ukraine of 2014 and Europe of 1938-1939: Similarities and differences
By Razom for Ukraine; illustration by Slovo i Dilo The longer the world waits to deal with Putin…
