Ukrainian history Archives - Page 2 of 10

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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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Ukraine’s New York: child of a tragic love story of European industrialists and Donbas

Wild Field Up until the late 17th century, the huge steppe of modern Ukraine’s southeast was the country’s…

byYuri Zoria

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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…

byBohdan Ben

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Can you stop the fall of the Cossack state? Play this Ukrainian history game and find out

This historical and political game depicts the events that took place in the 17th century in the Zaporozhian…

byYuliia Rudenko

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History of Ukraine

Yevhen Konovalets, a leader who knew how to unite Ukrainians and was assassinated by NKVD

14 June 2021 marked 130 years since the birth of Ukrainian Colonel Yevhen Konovalets (14 June 1891 - 23 May 1938), who founded the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and was among the main Ukrainian political leaders of the 1930s who pursued Ukraine's independence at a time when the nation was split under Soviet and Polish rule.

byBohdan Ben

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History of Ukraine

WWII “victory” was Soviet occupation of western Ukraine and half of Europe

If, for Western Europe, the end of the war meant the victory of democracy, for Ukraine, it meant the enforcement of Stalinism. In the words of Ukrainian historian Yaroslav Hrytsak, Ukraine was “in the heart of darkness” during the Second World War, with Ukrainians mostly fighting for the interests of other states and, along with Poland, suffering the heaviest human losses of the war. Unpunished communist crimes grow, making it appropriate for Russia to start new war in 2014.

byBohdan Ben

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Vasyl Vyshyvany: the Habsburg prince who chose Ukraine

The great Habsburg of Ukrainian history was born on February 10, 1895 on the island of Lošinj (present-day…

byChristine Chraibi

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Putin’s “Trojan horse” in Ukraine — Babyn Yar and Holocaust memorialization

The Russian project is indeed a “Trojan horse”, as Yost Zissels, a Ukrainian dissident of Jewish origin and…

byBohdan Ben

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Is Ukraine European? Historian Yaroslav Hrytsak answers

You have touched on the subject of nationalism, and here there are many interesting questions. Back in 2012…

byBohdan Ben

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Why have two revolutions won in Ukraine but none in Russia or Belarus? Historian Hrytsak answers

The World Values Survey (WVS) is the world’s largest study of values conducted in almost 100 countries regularly…

byBohdan Ben

History of Ukraine

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.

byEuromaidan Press Contributor