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…
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Ukrainian Institute launches first-ever English-language online course about Ukraine
"The course Ukraine: History, Culture, and Identities will lead the participants through a thousand years of Ukrainian history,…
Remarkable find near Khortytsia. Underwater archaeologists raise ancient Cossack gun carriage to surface
“Our archaeologists have found an iron-bound cannon carriage (a special mobile unit used to transport an artillery piece)…
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…
Turkey gives Ukraine an official copy of the 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The document will be brought to Ukraine by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba. “We…
Did a Ukrainian unit really come to the aid of Finland in the Winter War?
Did a Ukrainian unit really come to the help of Finland in the Winter War? FACT CHECK: FALSE …
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,…
Ukrainian Holodomor Museum launches crowdfunding campaign to create main exhibition
A fundraising campaign has been launched to finish the construction of the Museum of Holodomor-Genocide, located in the…
Holodomor survivor stories come to life in mobile app for tourists
Buildings such as the student canteen, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra or the apartment block on vulytsia Pushkinska remember the…
Bread from tree bark and straw: students launch online “restaurant” with Holodomor “recipes”
Students from the Ukrainian Leadership Academy have launched an online "restaurant" featuring "recipes" thanks to which many Ukrainians…
World-famous exhibition about Holodomor-33 opens in Kyiv
“Maria” is a mobile memorial space that sustains the memory of the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933…
Sensational find on Khortytsia reveals the remains of an 18th century Cossack encampment
“Here we can see the upper layers covered with soot, which indicates a fire was lit in the…
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…
Sensational find in Khortytsia as archeological team uncovers deep grave of Scythian warrior
The entrance to the three-meter-deep catacomb was buried under a large number of heavy granite boulders. The archeologists…
Russia’s occupation of Ukraine: a historical and centuries-old process
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict reaches back to the times when Ukraine emerged on the world map. In fact, it…
Memory wars and other battles
Let’s take a look at how Russia remembers its history. For example, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently tried…
Intellectual group warns against Russian annexation of Ukrainian historical memory in “Holocaust Disneyland”
On October 13, 2020, the members of the First of December Group – founded on the 20th anniversary…
Ukraine’s open colonial wounds
Of the interesting debate organized by LibMod – Zentrum Liberale Moderne’s project “Ukraine Verstehen” (eng. Understanding Ukraine) around…
One century ago, rebellious Khabarovsk dreamt of becoming a Ukrainian colony
“Ukrainian activists started the protests in Khabarovsk, calling for the disintegration of the federal land,” said Russian propagandist…