Den’s Photo Exhibition recently ended in Lutsk. It is a unique city with wonderful people. As we were opening the exhibition, we saw that it was also a well-read city. In particular, they read Den/The Day and books from Den’s Library series. The locals know their history well and are willing to talk about it to others... but... our readers from Lutsk still walk down Danyla Halytskoho Street [that is, Danylo of Halych Street. – Ed.] daily, even though it ought to be named after Danylo, the King of Volyn and Halych. See the difference? Even this detail is enough to hint that we should swing the History’s doors wide open, instead of just spying on it through a crack.
With earlier issues of Route No. 1, Den started our exploration of the Ukrainian space of freedom. Telling the stories of various regions and cities, the glossy supplement’s creative team was trying to create a kind of multidimensional guide, leading our readers through space and time, along horizons and back into centuries-old past. We explored historical and modern components of this space, people who had made it possible, personal stories of those who were working at it. The latest issue of Route No. 1 offers a harmonious continuation of our voyage.
It will offer you the story of “Danylo who created a state that was respected abroad.” Historian Oleksandr Holovko discusses the King of Volyn and Halych’s part in Ukrainian history, compares him with Alexander Nevsky and explains why it is wrong to call him Halytsky. Furthermore, it contains 10 facts about Danylo Romanovych that are required knowledge for every Ukrainian. Are you feeling interested?
There is even more to the issue which Den’s creative team has prepared for readers of Route No. 1 and history and travel lovers. For example, the glossy supplement offers a tour of the king’s three capitals, Volodymyr, Halych, and Kholm, as well as a virtual tour of the 13th and 14th centuries, when the Volynian-Galician Principality became a political and spiritual heir of Kyivan Rus’ and its high artistic achievements. You will learn what crafts flourished during Danylo’s reign, how women dressed at the time and what jewelry was valued.
And of course, the magazine includes also our traditional infographics, Eduard Nasyrov’s recipes of desserts from royal kitchens and many more bits of interesting and useful information. In other words, it is business as usual for us.
No. 31 of our supplement Route No. 1, entitled On Danylo, the King of Volyn and Halych, will be available at newsstands and via Den’s website from April 24.
We invite everyone, including businesspeople, to join the ranks of our partners and present themselves and their projects in the coming issues of Route No. 1.
