№13, (2009)

It is a great rarity for a new idea to continue to exist for three years in unfavorable conditions of Ukrainian realities, especially if the idea is fueled only by the enthusiasm of a handful of...

Contrary to the forecasts of many philosophers and historians, the 20th century was the era of national liberation movements and national renaissance. The truth is that every nation is the...

April 28 1887: A convent of sugar manufacturers in the south of Ukraine sets up Ukraine’s first sugar syndicate. 1958: For the first time in the history of cooperation between the USSR’s border...

Last November Viktor Yushchenko signed the Edict “On the Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Taras Shevchenko National Museum.” The document says in view of the Museum’s tangible contribution...

Twenty-three years have passed since The Day of April 26 divided human fates into “before” and “after” the disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Until this day it is the world’s worst...

The present term of the European Parliament is fast approaching its end. In two weeks’ time the parliament will close down for more than two months to resume with a new set of parliamentarians from...

In 1993–2008 ethnographers, linguists, state officials, museum employees, and other caring people took part in 35 historical-ethnographic expeditions in the Chornobyl zone and amassed an...

Most of the Ukrainians know that Canada is the world’s second largest country famous for ice hockey and a sizable community of the citizens of Ukrainian origin. Why does Canada remain attractive for...

Ukraine has launched a campaign to promote the Askania Nova Preserve and make Ukrainians be more active in voting to support this Ukrainian nominee in the global competition “New7Wonders of Nature.”...

While Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Alla Pugacheva at her jubilee concert in the Ukraine Palace, President Viktor Yushchenko held a press conference in the Ukrainian...

History especially reveals itself when people are facing an unexpected challenge. What really amounted to this kind of an unexpected and crucial task for the 18th-century Ukrainian elite was...

In late March 2009 a workshop seminar on comparative analyses of famines in various countries took place in Melbourne. This was the first time when the leading European, North American, and Asian...

ROME/STOCKHOLM — The ongoing global economic crisis is shaking beliefs and approaches that have long been enshrined in European policies. Indeed, the crisis is calling into question the very...

The prisoners of Buchenwald, one of the most terrible Nazi “death camps,” were liberated 64 years ago on April 11. This great event has already become symbolic for the democratic nations across the...

When Anton Makarenko, aged 51, suddenly died in a train car, his heart was, according to the autopsist, torn in twain. The myocardial infarction sometimes develops precisely like that: the...