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No matter whether they are politically engaged or not, no Ukrainians are indifferent to the date of Oct. 14, 1942. On that day 66 years ago the soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army fought their...

(Conclusion)In 1930 Yulian Vassyian moved to the Galician city of Peremyshl. Driven by a sense of patriotic responsibility, he wanted to be at the center of the national liberation movement and be a...

Dr. Tatiana TAIROVA-YAKOVLEVA, a historian from St. Petersburg, stood out among the participants of the recent international conference, “Ivan Mazepa and His Age: History, Culture, and National...

Don’t rile the bear. In other words, don’t provoke Russia. This is how a German journalist working for one of his country’s most influential newspapers described Berlin’s policy to me during an...

The Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation recently welcomed the International Holodomor Remembrance Flame, which is traveling throughout the world in commemoration of the victims of the 1932-...

The 38th Molodist ­ Film Festival was launched at the Ukraine Palace in Kyiv on Saturday night, Oct. 18.The usual scenario was played out: speeches by organizers, ranking officials, the head of the...

Some Kyivites will soon be associating autumn, with its incredible colors, mystery, predictability, and the light sadness that is germane to this season, with Japan. It has already become a tradition...

For the many-time world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, motivation is the key thing. After last Saturday’s spectacular bout against Samuel Peter, which he later admitted in Kyiv was a difficult one...

Oct. 21 1897: The Chornomorsky Shipyard is launched in Mariupil. 1989: The founding meeting of the revived Shevchenko Scientific Society takes place in Lviv. Oct. 22 1918: Kamianets-Podilsky...

Ukrainians have been waiting for one and a half months for the political crisis to be resolved (if Sept. 2, 2008, is the point of departure). At first, it seemed that the presidential decree...

Ivan Mazepa is one of the most prominent Ukrainians of all times. Even those historians and writers who were hostile to the famous hetman for political reasons, for example, Pushkin, the author of...

The Ukrainian version of James Mace’s book Vashi mertvi vybraly mene... (Your Dead Chose Me), the latest addition to The Day’s Library Series, was published only a few months ago, but many people...

On Oct. 17 both right-wingers and leftists were blessed with good weather. The sun was shining, and there was not a single cloud in the sky. It was a great time for public rallies and marches. But...

Tamara Khitko (nee Bodasiuk) was born in the urban-type settlement of Vyshnevets in Volyn oblast on Nov. 6, 1930. Codenamed Zirka (Star), she devoted almost her entire life to the struggle for...

There are many dramatic and tragic events in the history of Ukrainian-Polish relations. The 1920s and 1930s were the tensest period in the uneasy relations between the Polish authorities and the...