Yevhen Bruslynovsky

The 4th international spearfishing competition Autumn Cup, held in Kaniv (Cherkasy oblast) and participated by over 140 sportsmen from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, showed an overwhelming advantage of the Ukrainians: seven and 17 firsts in the team and individual classifications, respectively. The...

Fourteen thousand five hundred years ago ancient peoples, the mammoth hunters, used to roam the area where the village of Mezhyrich (Cherkasy oblast) now stands. It is also possible that, driven by curiosity, they reached the territory of modern-day Kaniv, sometimes called the capital city of the...

On Oct. 29-30 more than 100 sportsmen vied in the 2nd International Underwater Competition “Autumn Cup ‘05” in Kaniv, organized by the newly established Ukrainian Underwater Federation (UPF). “This is a record number of participants for this kind of competition,” The Day was told by UPF vice...

The sports extravaganza began with a relay race. Among those who finished first were deputies of the local Chornobai council, Masters of Sports Hryhory Mazur and Mykola Chekal; Candidate Master of Sports in cycling and skiing as well as chief of the urban development, architecture, and public...

An exposition titled Attributes of the Hetman’s Office and Personal Belongings of Bohdan Khmelnytsky was opened at Chyhyryn on April 17. Courtesy of the 21st Century Ukraine Intellectual Cooperation Fund (ICF), unique articles from museum expositions in Sweden, Poland, and Russia had been brought...

RUSLAN, 33: HE BELIEVED IN GOD AFTER SEVEN YEARS BEHIND BARBED WIRE. IS IT SINCERITY OR A GAME? Passions are running high today in Ukraine on the eve of the visit of Pope John Paul II. The confessions are discussing the event and arguing, trying to prove they are right and rejecting the...

The land was accurately divided according to the topographic and geodesic maps. The first 24 farmers from the village of Yasnozirya were handed state documents giving the right to private property in land personally by President Leonid Kuchma. The solemnities were dedicated to the 140th...

(Concluded from previous issue) WE’LL HAVE NO PLACE IN EUROPE, UNLESS WE LEARN TO FIRE PEOPLE IN ONE DAY The Day: Are there many people in Ukraine wishing to acquire property or to work for a private business? Y. H.: I can answer this with complete accuracy. We have a great many people...

Ukraine could well become stuck in its postcommunist condition, and Russia is threatened by a quasi fascist regime, disregarding human rights and ethnic minorities, and pursuing an expansionist foreign policy toward its neighbors. Such was a prognosis offered by Yevhen Holovakha, one of Ukraine’s...

Over the past several years, Ukraine’s political life has been rich in tempestuous, controversial, and fateful events, in many ways predetermining this country’s future. The presidential campaign, formation of the parliamentary majority, Yushchenko’s Cabinet, and pitched battles in the energy...