Volodymyr Boiko

The Institute of Ukrainian History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Institute of Historical Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are parties to the signed agreement. Besides interaction of these institutions themselves, it seeks to strengthen Ukrainian-Bulgarian ties...

A new book, James Mace. Ukraine: Materialization of Ghosts, has been published. It is based on the articles by the well-known American and Ukrainian historian, political writer, public activist that focus on the history of Ukraine in the 20th century, its greatest tragedies and gains, as well as...

“How separatists ruined Kyivan Rus’,” “How Constantinople became Istanbul: the collapse of a millennium-old empire,” “The institute of Cossackhood: Turkic and Ukrainian,” “On janissary without myths and stereotypes,” “Situation of woman in...

Have the Ukrainian Internet users paid attention to the picture of the building used as a background in the film Crimea. The Way Home? The building was designed by Ukrainian artists. For those who love Crimea I will remind that this is a memorial dedicated to those who were killed in water...

“What is common between Lviv and Chernihiv except for Magdeburg right?” asked Iryna Vorobei, journalist of Chernihiv Oblast State Television and Radio Company “Siver-Center,” Den/The Day’s Editor-in-Chief Larysa Ivshyna during recording of a TV program at the “...

CHERNIHIV – The destruction of the authoritarian regime in late 2004 – early 2005 revealed a political map of Ukraine which became a surprise for many. This map proves to be essentially stable and thus is of a considerable practical interest, especially in election years. Five years...

While the 300th anniversary of Pereiaslavska Rada was celebrated with pomp and circumstance in the USSR somebody behind the “iron curtain” had to analyze the situation that had led to the known decision made by Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Cossacks’ chiefs and its consequences thoroughly and without any...

There are places scattered around Ukraine that clearly show the scale of past catastrophes, and their influence on the present. They are often connected with famous names or significant events. Now they are mostly ruins that show the real and not the declared attitude of the state, as well as that...

“What do you need this for?” James Mace asked me as we stroled down Chernihiv streets in June 2002, after a meeting with the students of the Chernihiv Training Center for the Employees of Government Agencies and Local Government. That year the 70th anniversary of the 1932–33 Holodomor was marked in...

The Day is launching a new column called “Top.net,” a sort of ratings list of the most sensational articles from online publications. Many of our readers do not have access to the Web. According to the latest polls, approximately 10% of Ukrainians have Internet access. Most users surf this...