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Exhibition of artifacts from Kam'yana Mohyla, a UNESCO World Heritage candidate site in now occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

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Russia appropriates Ukrainian history on occupied lands: 178 artifacts tracked stolen in cultural identity erasure

Ukraine's Intelligence published data on 178 historical items that Russia removed from occupied territories to claim the heritage as its own, which European parliament members recognize as an element of genocide policy.

byVira Kravchuk

Monument to a kobzar at the entrance to the city of Kaniv, illustrative image. Photo via Wikimedia.

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UNESCO recognizes Ukrainian kobzar-lirnyk traveling minstrel sage tradition as heritage of humanity

Kobzars, bandurysts, and lirnyks were itinerant Ukrainian bards. The tradition, nearly lost to Soviet persecution, has revived since the USSR's collapse.

byBenjamin Looijen

Ukrainian musician Slava Vakarchuk of Okean Elzy with an orchestra on the ruins of a building destroyed by Russians.

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Soldiers of Song: documentary on how Ukraine’s musicians battle Russian “cultural genocide” through music

Ryan Smith's "Soldiers of Song" film follows Ukrainian music stars and documents their unprecedented fusion of art and resistance in the war-torn country, creating what becomes known as “cultural forces of Ukraine.”

byVira Kravchuk

The burnt books in Kharkiv may 2024

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Russian aggression devastates 1,000 Ukrainian libraries and 200 million books

Ukrainian government launched an initiative to restore Ukraine's decimated library system by creating a project that collects Ukrainian books across the country to replenish libraries in seven heavily affected oblasts.

byVira Kravchuk

Ukrainian writer

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Ukrainian writer’s tale aims to “explain” the war to French audience

Artem Chapeye’s writing journey is intertwined with his military service, reflecting his dedication to both storytelling and defending his country’s sovereignty.

byChristine Chraibi

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Ukraine-US documentary wins Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Festival

The film “Porcelain War” depicts Ukrainian artists who decide to stay behind and fight amidst Russian fighter jets and missile strikes, proving that passion for living cannot be destroyed.

byMichelle Bondar

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Ukraine’s modernist artworks presented in the Belgian Royal Museum of Art

Brussels is hosting an exhibition of the Ukrainian modernists whose creativity flourished amid turbulent times in the early 1900s.

damaged church in odesa

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Russia destroyed over 800 Ukrainian cultural heritage sites

In an irony, Russian forces also took down monuments of historical Russian military figures like Admiral Ushakov and General Suvorov.

Russocentrism decolonization academia

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“Do Svidaniya” to Russo-centrism: Western schools start decolonizing Eastern Europe studies

A Russo-centric approach towards Eastern European and Slavonic studies and related fields has long reigned supreme in Western…

byMartin Fornusek

Russian artillery fire

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Written to the sound of Russian artillery fire, Oleksandr Shchetynsky’s Lacrimosa to be performed in Lviv

Created to the sound of Russian artillery fire, Shchetynsky's musical composition Lacrimosa was written at the request…

byChristine Chraibi

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American expat reviving traditional Ukrainian art of kobzaring announces tour across Europe

Jurij Fedynskij announced his tour "Kobzaring across Europe" earlier this month on his Facebook page: "I'd like to…

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Ukraine’s 30: prominent Ukrainians who changed the country and the world. Part 1: Culture

On August 24, 2021, Ukrainians celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine, a landmark date in…

byChristine Chraibi

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8 Ukrainian book illustrators that will amaze you

Agrafka creative studio is young, but already one of the most recognized in Ukraine. Its illustrators and founders…

Stonehenge

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Sensational archaeological find uncovers “Ukrainian Stonehenge” in eastern Ukraine

There are numerous kurgans scattered throughout eastern and southern Ukraine and archaeologists and historians are worried that, in…

byChristine Chraibi

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Five little-known reasons Ukraine is a “Land of Freedom” just like the USA

In the 18th century, Ukraine had the potential to become the European equivalent of the United States in…

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Five secrets of Ukraine encapsulated in its architecture

In its long history, Ukraine went through periods of poverty and glory, repressions and renaissance, stagnation and battle.…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

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How an American expat pulled the Ukrainian art of Kobzaring back from the brink of extinction

The world knows Taras Shevchenko well. His collection of poems, Kobzar, first published in St. Petersburg in 1840…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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Good bye, USSR: Ukrainians take true ownership of their condos

Now things are changing in the nation’s mindset. Since 1995, and especially from 2014, more than 33,000 associations…

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Rebellion against uniformity: documentary explores phenomenon of Ukraine’s hodgepodge balconies

The visuals -- frightening, ugly, yet still somehow charming monolith apartment blocks -- are the key elements of…

byOlena Makarenko

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Conductor Oksana Lyniv: we should be proud that names of prominent Ukrainians are part of the history of world music culture

On 30 November 2020, Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv was awarded the prestigious Oper! Awards in the category of…