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Ukrainian cultural heritage
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UNESCO training European authorities to save Ukrainian art
Ukrainska Pravda reports, citing the Associated Press, that the UN cultural organization is training law enforcement and judicial…
Russia destroys Golden Cabinet of historical Crimean Tatar palace in occupied Crimea
On 16 December, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar informed that Russian occupation authorities…
Russians stole treasures from 40 Ukrainian museums, including golden diadem of the Huns
During the occupation of the South-Ukrainian city of Melitopol, Russian troops stole a golden diadem of the Huns…
“Hey Hey Rise Up”: Pink Floyd revived Ukrainian military anthem
[editorial]The anthem of the historical Ukrainian Sich Riflemen inspired Pink Floyd to release its first brand new song…
Making Russia answer for destroying cultural heritage in Ukraine
Human losses are justly viewed as the greatest tragedy of any war, the current war in Ukraine being…
Russia continues to plunder and destroy Crimea’s cultural heritage: 150 crimes documented by experts
[editorial] Russia, who seized the Ukrainian Black-Sea peninsula of Crimea by military force in 2014, is plundering and…
Crimea was always a multicultural hodgepodge
Since Russia occupied Crimea in 2014, it has tried to obliterate Crimea’s diverse cultural heritage. But Crimean history…
Treasures stolen from Kyiv cathedrals in the 1930s discovered in State Historical Museum in Moscow
Sacred Altar and Pectoral Crosses Sacred Mitres and Crowns Excited by his find, Tymur Bobrovsky wrote the following…
Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko and his vyshyvanka shirts
It is known that Ivan Franko “differed from the other men in his circle by his original outfits…
Travel to Ukraine online — a tourist guide
Authentic Ukraine — the most comprehensive digital project about Ukraine Authentic Ukraine, without any doubt, is the most…
All you wanted to know about Ukraine in one book and on one YouTube channel
[editorial] Travelbook. Ukraine – illustrated edition in the educational entertainment format. 1,200 extraordinary discoveries, the most interesting and…
Gilded Scythian sword found on Mount Mamai in Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Further excavation revealed two graves – a larger central burial pit and a smaller one. At first, the…
Five historic сastles to visit in Ukraine
Chynadiyovo Castle The Saint Miklós (Saint Nicholas) Castle in Chynadiyovo, Mukachevo raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, has a lasting legacy…
Russian occupiers continue to destroy history and culture of Crimean Tatars
The sacking of Bilyal Bilyalov as head of the Crimean Tatar Academic Musical-Dramatic Theater this week on trumped…
900-year-old relic found under church floor in Busk, Lviv Oblast
Engolpions* appeared in Kyivan Rus during the expansion of Christianity. The relics of saints or other sacred things…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
