Taras Shevchenko

The era of the 1960s is inevitably associated with the name of the legendary quartet, which has long become its symbol. Exhibition of photos by Astrid Kirchherr “The BEATLES” opened in Kyiv. She was the personal photographer and a friend of the young musicians at that time and took...

The world-renowned photographer Luca Bracali’s “Ecosystems” exhibition has been launched at the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine as part of celebrations of The Days of Italy in Ukraine and the 20th anniversary of the two countries establishing diplomatic relations. About 30...

The election campaign is approaching and it has already started unofficially, so political analysts and experts are paying more and more attention to the current innovation which is the first-past-the-post voting. The political consultant Taras Berezovets uses the football terminology and...

What we need is a scholarly substantiated and ethically valid reconstruction of dramatic events, conflicts, and losses sustained by Ukrainians and Russians.Is this really possible in today’s Russia where history is being once again [re-] written in the Kremlin? I love the European kind of Russia,...

My heart is breaking as I read the book of reminiscences and tributes, Day and Eternity of James Mace, published under the editorship of Larysa Ivshyna. Just like the two languages of this publication, the American and Ukrainian halves of Jim’s heart have opened up to us thanks to The Day’s staff...

HRYHORIY POLETYKA, CELEBRATED THEORETICIAN OF “AUTONOMISM” The ideals of freedom in the post-Soviet territories are more often than not associated with North America, although in our past we can find quite a few examples worthy of emulation. Historical documents attest that a true national-...

Myth sometimes disguises the true essence of things, and to understand the latter this essence one must have certain experience of perceiving things without undue respect for myths or canons. This above all applies to Taras Shevchenko’s heritage, especially to his visual art, which modern...

Tough and unfair as history may be towards figures of a certain epoch, it will put everyone, sooner or later, into his/her proper place. Ihor, who succeeded Oleh on the Kyiv throne, never became an epic hero, nor did the popular belief vested him with supernatural powers, while the Tale of Bygone...

Many Ukrainians have grown used to myths about good foreign rulers, most likely because Ukraine has long been part of neighboring empires. In Kirovohrad oblast, part of the populace wants the city to have the old tsarist name, Yelyzavethrad (the city of Elizabeth), because Elizabeth of Russia was,...

Trying to figure out the plot and the original sources of the numerous legends about underground passages, we must not only dig into the bulk of rock, where we will come across the forgotten vestiges of past generations in limestone or granite, but also go through the thick of historical memory...