Yurii Kylymnyk

Without exaggeration, he was a unique personality. I am standing next to his last shelter in Lychakivske cemetery in Lviv. The bronze statue of really extraordinary man, sitting in a melancholy attitude, is established on a low granite pedestal. A component of the sculpture composition is miniature...

Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozky (1460 —August 11, 1530), a key figure in Ukraine’s past and one of the most outstanding Ukrainian military leaders and politicians, is, unfortunately, not very well known to the general public. When I was preparing to write this article, I was surprised to...

The renowned Ukrainian politician Yevhen Marchuk is knowledgeable about what goes on behind the country’s political scene. Obviously this is an important factor making his comments all the more insightful. This ex-prime minister, minister of defense, head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU),...

In 1995 the 28th session of UNESCO’s General Conference proclaimed November 16 to be the International Day for Tolerance and adopted the Declaration on the Principles of Tolerance. Since then this day has been annually marked in all the member countries. The ideas of tolerance and shaping of...

Dear Ms. Ivshyna:Perhaps nothing else serves to uphold a newspaper’s prestige as does its consistent, unswerving editorial policy. This is also true of the all-Ukrainian daily newspaper Den’, considering that it has since its inception gladdened the readers’ hearts with substantial publications...

This may raise a few eyebrows, but it is true: Hetman Ivan Mazepa was the protagonist of one of 17 “oral documentary books” that, for over 23 years, was part of the repertoire of the Kyiv State Historical Portrait Theater. Ihor Shvedov, a Russian writer and theatrical figure, created these...

The Day ’s ambitious project — its annual photography competition — deserves attention from Ukraine’s government and the general public. At the opening of the newspaper’s photography exhibit in Dnipropetrovsk, editor in chief Larysa Ivshyna gave the following description of one of the most...

Germans live by the principle “The consumer is king.” Ukraine has a long way to go to reach this standard. But things are slowly shifting. The State Committee of Ukraine on Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy (Derzhspozhyvstandart) reports that last year the number of citizens’ appeals about...