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…
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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…
The Crimean Tatar Palace and other historic sites Russia is destroying in occupied Crimea
Read also: Crimea’s occupied cultural heritage Among the illegal activities in Crimea, the prosecutors mentioned the following suspected crimes:…
Another ‘punished people’ documented – the Kola Norwegians destroyed by Stalin
As the Putin regime takes more steps to hide the crimes of Stalin – it has gotten Interpol…
Addressing the great “Jewish Communist” conspiracy
This note is a response to a pervasive myth held by those who want to demonise Jews as…
The life and death of people in medieval Ukraine, told by a paleoanthropologist
Vadym Nazarenko (VN): One of your earliest works was research into the population of medieval Kyiv. Can you…
Wild-honey farmers of Polissya: People of the forest
“Bortnytstvo” (wild-honey farming) was especially developed in regions situated within the Irpin, Sluch and Pripyat Rivers. The forests…
Lost in Translation? The myth of Ukraine’s ban on “Stalingrad” by Anthony Beevor
A ban on a Russian translation of British historian Anthony Beevor's book "Stalingrad" was announced on the 10…
Ukraine remembers decisive 1918 Battle of Kruty against Russian Bolsheviks
"I don’t think it is right to present the Battle of Kruty as a tragedy, and especially as…
National museum exhibits documents from first Ukrainian republic
This envelope has been brought back to Ukraine after almost a hundred years. Sealed with wax, it was…
Ukraine must officially recognize Soviet regime as an occupation, Kyiv historian says
Since communism collapsed in Eastern Europe in 1989 and in the Soviet space in 1991, those countries which…
Soviet chekists weren’t the professionals Putin wants Russians to think they were, new book says
The KGB and its predecessors were not the highly disciplined professionals and successful managers Vladimir Putin and the…
Mass grave of Kozak Volyn Division of UNR Army found in Vinnytsia Oblast
According to a local, Mykola Drabaty, who remembers the stories recounted by elderly villagers, the soldiers buried in…
Chief of Russia’s FSB: Stalin-era repressions were largely justified
Aleksandr Bortnikov, the director of the FSB secret police [a successor to the KGB], says that the political…
The oldest museum director in Ukraine: I’m here for the sake of my museum
The Holodomor cannot be forgotten Halyna remembers her childhood with great sadness. She was born in an ordinary…
Ukraine suffered the most deaths in the Holodomor, while Kazakhstan had the highest percentage loss of population
Experts at the Kyiv Institute of Demography say that Ukrainians suffered the greatest number of excess deaths as…
Ukrainians suffered three terror famines under the Soviets not just one
This week Ukrainians and all people of goodwill around the world are marking the 85th anniversary of the…
Historical finds from Kyivan Rus era under threat in centre of Kyiv
The discoveries in Podil Raion of Kyiv were found accidentally during construction work, although archaeologists claim that this…
134 bodies of NKVD victims unearthed in Ivano-Frankivsk
In the summer of 2017, while laying cables along the street, engineers stumbled upon several human remains. Pamyat…
Kyiv during World War II and today: photocollage
Seventy-four years ago, on 6 November 1943, the Soviet army expelled the Nazi occupiers from Kyiv. Stalin ordered…