Not USSR collapse but Bolshevik coup ‘20th century’s greatest geopolitical disaster’
[boxright] Demise of USSR might have been delayed but not prevented by Bolshevik-style bloodshed, Milyuk says [/boxright] That…
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Vasyl Vyshyvany: the Habsburg prince who chose Ukraine
The great Habsburg of Ukrainian history was born on February 10, 1895 on the island of Lošinj (present-day…
Putin’s “Trojan horse” in Ukraine — Babyn Yar and Holocaust memorialization
The Russian project is indeed a “Trojan horse”, as Yost Zissels, a Ukrainian dissident of Jewish origin and…
Ukrainian who enabled computer revolution awarded Ukraine’s highest honor in New York
Lyubomyr Romankiw, a US citizen of Ukrainian origin dubbed "the Ukrainian Elon Musk" by Ukrainian media, was awarded…
On the ancient pillars of Ukrainian democracy: Pylyp Orlyk’s Constitution of 1710
Pylyp Orlyk and his 1710 Constitution is one of the oldest in the modern world and continues a tradition based on ancient Ukrainian pillars of democracy. As one of the first known democratic Constitutions, it describes and institutionalizes the division of power. At a deep, subconscious level the Constitution of 1710 indirectly influenced the Maidan Revolution of 2014.
Ukrainians deported from Poland in 1944 recall mass killings, explain paths to historical reconciliation
The occupation of Eastern Europe in 1944–1945 by the Red Army and the establishment of communist regimes in…
Dekulakization. How Stalin liquidated the Ukrainian peasant class (Part 1)
In January 2020 (90th commemoration of the total extermination of private property in the USSR), Radio Liberty and…
KGB archives document Red Army’s atrocities against Ukrainian village in USSR after 1945
Red Army soldiers raising the USSR flag on the roof of Reichstag building in Berlin, May 1945. Iconic…
The incredible story of a beautiful Ukrainian girl from Lutsk who became the Princess of Siam
Kateryna Desnytska was born in a wealthy family Lutsk, Volyn Oblast on April 27, 1886, one of twelve…
Russia still hiding Stalin’s genocidal crimes against Finns and Norwegians after 80 years
One of the most obscure aspects of Stalin’s rule was his deportation of Finns and Norwegians in 1940…
Turkey gives Ukraine an official copy of the 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The document will be brought to Ukraine by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba. “We…
Did a Ukrainian unit really come to the aid of Finland in the Winter War?
Did a Ukrainian unit really come to the help of Finland in the Winter War? FACT CHECK: FALSE …
The brutal Russification of Ukrainian Kuban: from Zaporizhian Sich to the Kuban Cossack Host
The new land of the Ukrainian Cossacks Thousands of Ukrainian Cossacks and their families moved to the Kuban…
Sensational find in Khortytsia as archeological team uncovers deep grave of Scythian warrior
The entrance to the three-meter-deep catacomb was buried under a large number of heavy granite boulders. The archeologists…
Russia’s occupation of Ukraine: a historical and centuries-old process
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict reaches back to the times when Ukraine emerged on the world map. In fact, it…
Memory wars and other battles
Let’s take a look at how Russia remembers its history. For example, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently tried…
Why Ukraine has the world’s cheapest broadband and why the USSR had no proto-Internet
1. Ukraine’s internet user zero: how the Internet came to Ukraine The Internet came to Ukraine in the…
Circassians and their fate: introduction into history of nation expelled by Russian Empire from Caucasus
[boxright] Russia’s act of genocide against Circassians lasted more than 150 years, Chukhua says [/boxright] The Circassians are…
Constitutions didn’t save USSR and won’t by themselves save Russia, Vanin says
Facing a situation in which there is growing popular discontent and increasing dysfunction in institutions, Vladimir Putin has…
One century ago, rebellious Khabarovsk dreamt of becoming a Ukrainian colony
“Ukrainian activists started the protests in Khabarovsk, calling for the disintegration of the federal land,” said Russian propagandist…