Volodymyr Shevchenko

Memory comes back over and over again to participation of the Ukrainians in a number of important events during World War II, the greatest military cataclysm in history. It is not only about the celebration of victory over the Nazi German and Japanese military aggressors (May 9 and September 2,...

Seventy years ago, in March 1939, Ukrainian territories found themselves swept up by the deadly whirlwind of the Second World War. At the time, Ukrainians lived as nationals of various countries: in the Ukrainian SSR as part of the Soviet Union; Transcarpathia (Zakarpattia) in Czechoslovakia, later...

The Directory was formed 90 years ago, in November 1918. On the night of November 14, representatives of all political forces that were members of the National Union attended a clandestine meeting in the building of the Ministry of Roads. The newly formed Directory proclaimed and largely aimed its...

The greatest military cataclysm in the history of humankind – the Second World War – will never be forgotten. Beginning on Sept. 1, 1939, this colossal military confrontation was imposed by the aggressive fascist and militaristic forces with aspirations for world domination. It was marked by its...

Continued from The Day, no. 18 It was only in 1919, after bitter losses, that the formally sovereign Ukrainian SSR was proclaimed. In December 1919 the 8th conference of the Russian Communist Party (RKP) passed a resolution acknowledging its independence and adopted a special resolution "On the...

The Ukrainian public is generally unaware of an important date that was marked in April 2008: the 85th anniversary of the launch of the policy known as Ukrainization. Its genesis is connected to the resolution passed by the XII Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) on April 17-23...

After Mykhailo Hrushevsky issued the 3rd Universal (Decree) proclaiming the creation of the Ukrainian National Republic (UNR) on Nov. 7 (20), 1917, the Central Rada continued to Ukrainize all spheres of life, and above all to construct Ukrainian statehood. The decree outlined the UNR’S borders: “...

Continued from The Day, no. 36 The Ukrainian legislative acts elicited universal excitement and the realization that the people are the source of power. This idea was emotionally expressed by the poet F. Nevestiuk: It was so beautiful, The spring of 1917. Prisons and shackles were shattered, A...

The words of Mykhailo Hrushevsky in the heading of this article aptly capture the significance of the Third Universal, which was adopted by the Ukrainian Central Rada and promulgated 90 years ago, on Nov. 7 (20), 1917. This historical act was the first one in the 20th century to realize the age-old...

In researching and presenting the Ukrainian nation’s struggle against the German occupiers, it is essential to focus on the tried-and-true principles of objectivity, truthfulness, impartiality, and neutrality. Clearly, our knowledge of historical processes is far from absolute or established for...