Oleksandr Kupriienko

On January 27, 1945, So­viet troops seized the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland where over 1.5 million Jews had been killed during the war. Since then this date has been observed as the Inter­national Holo­caust Re­mem­bran­ce Day, including of course in Ukraine, considering that a...

(Continued from the previous issue) L. I.: Is it realistic to enumerate all of them? Yu.Sh.: “Of course, but we have to actively do it. For example, I know that there is a common grave near Zvenyhorodka and there are not fewer people buried there than in Bykivniansky forest. There...

The past can inspire and exalt a human being, but it can also hold our entire society in its tight and icy “embraces.” It is about the legacy of the totalitarian past, which society has failed to properly assess – intellectually, morally, and ethically – and overcome. It...

In the previous issue, we offered our readers the article “Moscow, Maroseika” by George Shevelov, which was first published in Boston in 1954. The author outlines the “three mortal enemies” that hinder Ukrainian renaissance – Moscow, Kochubei-style mentality, and...

The 20th century was the period of change for the countries of the socialist camp. 15 countries went through the large social catastrophes over 70 years and their consequences still can be felt. The communist rule practically laid the corner stone of the serious moral crisis that Ukraine has to...

“From Bohdan to Ivan there was no Hetman [in between].” This Ukrainian saying, suggesting that all leaders of Ukrainian state during the Ruin (1657-76) be simply “left out,” so after Bohdan Khmelnytsky no one is worthy of attention until Ivan Mazepa, is not quite right....

Ex-presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov of the Republic of Belarus, currently political pri-soner, is being transferred from the penal colony of Navapolatsk to that of Babruysk. There are reasons to believe that he will never reach the place alive. For several days the family, colleagues, and...

Oleksandr Hnylytsky always belonged to the top five artists of the Ukrainian “new wave,” being among the founders and participants of key Ukrainian artistic currents. He was among the first to experiment with video art, but returned to painting in the 2000s after an experimental...

Russian authorities are stubbornly refusing to officially register the People’s Freedom Party (its popular Russian acronym being Parnas). There is little likelihood of any courts of law in Russia being capable of resolving this issue, as few have any doubts about the potential of the...