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UPA
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Russia’s child brainwashing handbook: victim from 78 years ago speaks out
Echoing crimes of today, in 1945, daughter of Ukrainian Insurgent Army leader was forcibly sent away, given fabricated Russian identity, and raised to hail the Communists
The Guardian censors article on Ukrainian historical stamps. Read it here
[editorial]Oleksandr Kosmach, a photographer from Kyiv with a love for history, collects historical stamps issued by Ukrainian diaspora…
Milk cans with old UPA documents found in forests of Lviv Oblast
The documents, including books, protocols, and magazines dating from 1940-1950, were preserved in milk cans. There was also…
UPA underground bunker found in forest near Mykolayiv, Lviv Oblast
This is a unique find as the entire underground area has remained intact and unchanged since the days…
Hundreds of UPA documents found in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
According to Ruslan Zabily, Director of the National Memorial Museum “Tiurma na Lontskoho” (Prison on Lonskoho) in Lviv,…
German neo-Nazis march with Ukrainian nationalists in UPA march
On 14 October 2018, a relatively peaceful march to commemorate the UPA, Ukraine’s WWII-era Insurgent Army, was held…
Strong Ukrainian OUN movement operated in the Donbas during WW2, historians say
– The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) operated actively in the Donbas. Tell us more about that. Alina…
Should Poles be afraid of the Right Sector? A Polish journalist found out
The Right Sector, a Ukrainian far-right political party, civic movement, and volunteer battalion deployed in fighting Russian-separatist forces…
Kyiv’s hold on Polish politics: why anti-Ukrainian rhetoric in Poland will grow stronger
The first of November in Poland is a state holiday and vacation day, All Saints’ Day, when one…
Despite differences in historical issues, Poland wants partnership with Ukraine – Polish FM
Despite a number of complex problems in bilateral relations, in particular, differences in historical issues, Warsaw considers Kyiv…
Excavations in Ternopil Oblast reveal mass grave of OUN members executed by Gestapo
Volodymyr Kharchuk, deputy director of “Dolya” stated that no one knew the exact place of the grave, but…
Old UPA documents found in forest near Lviv
“Yesterday (Saturday, August 5, 2017) was a most interesting day. That’s why I love walking and digging in…
Nazi dreams of an enslaved Ukraine: the blind spot of Germany’s historical memory – Timothy Snyder
When we ask why historical responsibility, why German historical responsibility, I want to begin from the universal point…
Historical documents detailing Vistula operation to deport 150,000 Polish Ukrainians now online
Digitized documents published by the Center for Researching Liberation Movements show that the operation was carried out by the…
History in a bottle: unique documents belonging to UPA family found in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
A piece of family history was discovered recently in the village of Cherniyiv near Ivano-Frankivsk (Western Ukraine). A…
UPA documents discovered in buried milk canister
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Chernivtsi Oblast (Western Ukraine) recently seized about 4,000 UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent…
Poland starts honoring war criminals of 1940s
Members of Polish Sejm are outraged: unlike Ukraine, rebels with blood of civilians on their hands aren’t glorified…
Polish ruling party: Ukraine’s version of historical memory of Volyn is “a problem”
In the early June Ukraine’s political and religious leaders addressed the Polish society in an open letter of…
Historical and Spiritual Univ Monastery
Univ Monastery is located near the village of Univ, about 50 kilometres from Lviv (western Ukraine). There are…
Understanding Polish concern about Ukrainian veneration of the UPA
To reach understanding about the question of the UPA, Ukrainians and Poles need to look critically at their…