Russia lacks a state in the normal sense, Polikovsky and Oreshkin say
Russia has never had a state in the normal sense of the term and does not have one…
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War against Ukraine is part of Russian policy to break EU apart, says historian Timothy Snyder
Ukraine took part in all stages of European history The history of Ukraine makes no sense outside the…
Activists fight back against decision of Kyiv authorities to build shopping mall on Kyivan Rus archaeology site
The Kyiv city council’s new decision claims to “guarantee the preservation of the artifacts, which were found during the archaeological…
Lychakiv Cemetery, Lviv: an open-air museum of history, culture, art and remembrance
Lychakiv Cemetary was created in 1787. Before that, city residents were buried near churches, the majority of which…
Russia and West defeated communism in 1991 but not Russian imperialism, Shenderovich says
In 1991, Russian liberals successfully defeated communism, but they failed to understand that they needed to defeat a…
The Kremlin and the GULAG: Deliberate amnesia
Read also: Moscow secretly destroyed GULAG victims records in 2014 The classified order on “The effectuation of the order…
Ukrainian suggestion that Russia should be called Muscovy infuriates Russians
Even though Russian officials and commentators have felt free to call Ukraine and Ukrainians other names, the suggestion…
Moscow still refuses to recognize Soviet genocide of Ingermanlanders
Most of the peoples whom Stalin deported have been allowed to return to their home areas and have…
Putin’s rise had 13 ‘fathers’ and 12 serious opponents, Illarionov says
Vladimir Putin and the Russian political system known as Putinism did not emerge out of nowhere, Andrey Illarionov…
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)…
Two dangerous proposals on Crimea with even more dangerous consequences
Any time a dispute lasts beyond a few weeks, it is almost inevitable that some of those involved…
Chornobyl nuclear disaster was tragedy in the making, declassified KGB files show
According to Andriy Kohut, the entire procedure was handled by the Office of State Archives. They initiated the…
Moscow secretly destroyed GULAG victims records in 2014
Roman Romanov, the director of the GULAG History Museum in Moscow, says that one of his researchers, Sergey…
Novocherkassk shootings displayed everything one needs to know about Soviet regime
Fifty-six years ago this week, the Soviet military fired into a crowd of workers in Novocherkassk who were…
Remains of WW2 soldiers honoured & re-buried near Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast
“It’s very important…. and it’s very painful. These were our fathers and grandfathers. We should honour their memory…
Forgotten history: What tour guides at Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra aren’t saying…
Immediately after the fire, Moscow “scholars” began rewriting the historical chronicle of the ancient monastery in full compliance…
Win for history in Ukraine: Kyivan Rus archeology site to become museum, not shopping mall
In a triumph of history over commerce, on 19 April 2018, the Kyiv City Council greenlighted a decision…
The forgotten tragedy of Koryukivka: How the Nazis exterminated a town of 7,000 souls
In the French village of Oradour (June 1944), Nazis murdered 642 inhabitants; in the Czech village of Lidice…
Bodies of 134 victims of Soviet terror in Ukraine given proper burial
On 24 March 2018, 134 bodies of victims of Soviet terror in the west-Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk were…
A survey of so-called “History Laws” in Ukraine and Poland. What are they, and what do they do?
On January 10 this year it was announced by The State Committee for State TV and Radio Broadcasting…