№7, (2009)

We see Volodymyr the Great (a.k.a. Prince Volodymyr or St. Volodymyr) every day on the one-hryvnia banknote. This is his conjectural, yet the most popular portrait. It has been circulated in Ukraine...

We are often asked where we find such contributors. Some even say such letters are composed at the editorial office. The thing is that such ‘microelements’ that are added to this newspaper by its...

For any parent their child is the smartest, most talented, and most beautiful. All these traits acquire even greater meaning when they are acknowledged by others. A case in point is “The Smartest...

The Museum of the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry’s hosted an exposition dedicated to Yevhen Berezniak, a person who became a legend in his lifetime.This legendary intelligence...

It took the compilers 20 years to collect the material for their precious book of early-20th-century postcards. Now, after 18 months of preparing the book for publication and a number of...

The House of Nature is hosting the exhibit of the flat-bed florist Kateryna Kostenko and her pupils. Every Saturday master classes are held here, and the artists tell about the history of this art,...

In their current crusade against central, local, judicial, and legislative authorities, Ukrainians are more and more often resorting to rallies, pickets, and petitions. Kyiv and its administrative...

Despite the current economic hardships, there are people who continue to create things that can invigorate many people with healthy energy. For example, pianist Oleksandr Saratsky combines the...

March 3 1866: A Russian public library is founded in Kyiv (today: the National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine). 1919: The Russian Socialist Federal Republic signs the Peace Treaty of Brest, which...

BERLIN – The legendary American investor Warren Buffet once said, “It’s when the tide goes out that you find out who has been swimming naked.” That particular piece of wisdom referred to the...

Although national currencies are being devalued throughout the world, with its political instability Ukraine has become a veritable Mecca for currency speculators. The upsurge of the dollar-to-...

The Krynytsia Publishers has published a book by the noted Ukrainian scholar and public figure Ivan Dziuba, entitled Spohady i rozdumy na finishnii priamii (Reminiscences and Thoughts on Home Stretch...

On January 1 we marked the 100th anniversary of Stepan Bandera’s birth. We have detailed knowledge about his contribution he made to the struggle for Ukraine’s independence as a leader of the...

On Feb. 27, 2009, President Viktor Yushchenko urged politicians to announce a moratorium on political rows and forget about the presidential elections until July 1. But the president’s appeal came...

The subheading of this article is, in fact, the name of an exhibit now held at the Ukrainian National Museum of Literature. It is a joint project of the museum and the Embassy of the United Mexican...