Mykhailo Vasylevsky

Valery Pustovoitenko's NDP comrades finally heaved a sigh of relief: the clouds over the Premier's head have dispersed and Vitaly Oluiko, head of NDP's regional organization and local state administration, proved wrong in his trepidations. "Few realize that this man did not merely join the...

The losses of the joint venture to make electrical transformers in 1994-97 were $120,000, $400,000, $500,000 and $760,000 each succeeding year. This year losses are likely to reach $1 million. Moreover, after detailed analysis of the situation, Deputies came to the conclusion, that the foreign...

In course of several years over ten members of a criminal ring stole the most expensive foreign-produced cars, restamped the numbers of joints and units, and then forged documents in the name of new owners. “In the past 24 hours eight cars have been confiscated of the nearly 200 that were stolen,”...

The town hall in Kamianets-Podilsky is the oldest surviving city hall in Ukraine. These days, specialists have been hard at work restoring the dome of this stone structure, which will be crowned with the city’s gilded coat of arms. “The 14th-century town hall, which was destroyed by an artillery...

On March 29 The Day ’s photography show opened at the picture gallery of Kamianets-Podilsky’s Museum of History. As was to be expected, the event drew a capacity crowd. Among the many visitors were intellectuals, government officials, amateur and professional photographers, lecturers, civil...

Kamianets-Podilsky is an ancient Ukrainian city. It still has the same town hall clock that rang in the year 1884. But that year is gone and a new generation, including natives of the city and guests from practically the entire world, are seeing in the year 2008...

KHMELNYTSKY OBLAST — A roll of fabric is like a Tree of Life. In placing their cross stitches on cloth, skilled female embroiderers express their views of the special features of their native village and convey them from community to community. “As the folk saying goes, every courtyard has its own...

Last Thursday young people were handing out leaflets to passersby in the streets of ancient Kamianets. “Don’t forget to light a candle in your window!” the leaflets read. People hurrying past, preoccupied with their errands (or those who cared?) stopped to talk with the young men and women. They...

SIMFEROPOL — While the news is somewhat belated, it is good to know that the organization that vandalized the trident on Mt. Hoverlia no longer exists. On Oct. 23 the press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice announced that the Eurasian Youth Union has been outlawed in Ukraine. The same day...

The election campaign is not turning us on. It is boring and lacks energy. The sole exceptions are Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko, who entertain people a bit as they tour the regions. (To be more precise, they are hopping around by helicopter, the latest fashion in political circles.) The...