Russia’s triple strategy of proxy war used against Georgia in 1920 and 2000s
In 2008, during the Russo-Georgian war, the same Tskhinvali region (south Ossetia) was again occupied by Russian troops…
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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.
Lesia Ukrainka: Teen idol, beacon of erudition & fervent advocate of European integration
Born Larysa Petrivna Kosach-Kvitka in Novohrad-Volynsky, Zhytomyr Oblast in 1871, Lesia suffered immensely from her disease, travelling from…
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…
Tapestry weaving through the eyes of artist Tetiana Vytiahlovska. Symbiosis of colour & texture
Zbruc sat down with Tetiana Vytiahlovska to discuss her work and the art of tapestry weaving - Light…
The myth of “historically Russian Crimea”: colonialism, deconstructed
On 23 June 1978, a Soviet police officer came to the house of a Crimean Tatar Musa Mamut…
How the Soviets stole Ukrainian Christmas
After the 1917 revolution and occupation of the national republics that emerged out of the ashes of the Russian empire, the Soviet authorities declared war on "bourgeois" religious traditions. However, eradicating them proved to be difficult, and thus, the choice was made in favor of cultural appropriation.
Holodomor in Kharkiv through the lens of Austrian engineer: photo gallery
During the 1921-23 famine in the USSR, Soviet authorities had allowed photographers unprecedented and never to be repeated…
The wonderful world of Christmas as seen through the eyes of Ukrainian artists
Christmas is a special time of year throughout the world. For some, it means silent prayer, joyful meditation…
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…
Documentary rediscovers iconic designer of 1917 Ukrainian state symbols. Watch it here
Read also: Takflix: a platform where you can finally watch Ukrainian films online The project Narbut XXI marks…
An Austrian engineer showed these Holodomor photos to Cardinal Innitzer in 1933, pleading for aid to the starving
Here we present his Innitzer album, the popular name of an album of photographs that were taken by…
Engineer Wienerberger’s unknown photographs of the Holodomor
It was in September (1932 - ed.). I was sitting in the sleeping-car of the Moscow-Kharkiv high-speed train,…
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…
Phone app brings 40 Ukrainian classical composers into your pocket
"In fact, there was not a single free access source where classical music fans could find Ukrainian classical…
Takflix: a platform where you can finally watch Ukrainian films online
A grandmother living alone in the Chornobyl exclusion zone, a trade union leader at a municipal heating company…
How Communist propaganda made eastern Ukraine hate the national liberation movement
There are historical reasons that explain the non-recognition of the Ukrainian liberation movement by some regions of Ukraine.…
The Guardian censors article on Ukrainian historical stamps. Read it here
The tumultuous XX century saw modern-day Ukraine: engulfed in World War I; emerge from the ruins of the…
Hoard of 1000-year-old silver coins with Ukrainian trident found in north Ukraine
The older coins of the hoard feature the engraved portrait of Volodymyr the Great (c. 958–1015) - the…
An introduction to the White-Red-White flag of Belarus, and the Belarusian politics of memory
This was the adopted flag of the Belarusian Democratic Republic (BNR) which declared its independence on March 25,…