Mykola Lytvyn

We should give the Polish public its due for remembering the tragic events in their history, even in time of economic crisis. This urges us, Ukrainians, despite the whirl of yet another election campaign, to pause and ponder the Ukrainian lessons of the Second World War, all those stormy events...

Ukraine’s Union Day, marked by our compatriots on January 22, is a special holiday. The struggle for the Ukrainian state and the spiritual unity of all ethnic Ukrainian lands is the politically and morally dominating idea of our history — from Volodymyr the Great, Grand Prince of Kyiv, and Danylo...

He was a typical maximalist and an uncompromising politician— hence he followed an unrealistic political course. He is the most tragic figure in Ukraine’s recent history — this is how President Yevhen Petrushevych of the Western Ukrainian National Republic (ZUNR) and his life were described...

A historian is neither a judge nor a prosecutor, just a biased chronicler of the past. Yet professional documented chronicles can and must serve to restore historical memory and help governments and honest politicians pursue a constructive policy. This is precisely what the half a million...