History
Ukraine
Thinking about Calendars, Religious Traditions and their Political Implications
Jan. 6, 2023
Russia
How one ethnic group indigenous to Russia has fought long and hard for the same things Ukraine is fighting for today.
Dec. 26, 2022
Ukraine
As Hanukkah candles were lit all over the world, Ukraine’s resistance echoed that of ancient Jews
Dec. 25, 2022
War in Ukraine
“The best way that outsiders can help Russia change is to ensure that Ukraine takes back Ukrainian territory and defeats the empire, renowned author and historian Anne Applebaum writes in the December
Nov. 28, 2022
War in Ukraine
I write this memoir about an extraordinary person, not to retell his biography, but rather to pay tribute and express my personal feelings about him from my own interactions, and also to proffer an as
Nov. 28, 2022
Despite being ravaged by war and Russian aggression, the people of Ukraine will commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor genocide this year on Saturday, Nov. 26. The Holodomor was a man-made
Nov. 26, 2022
War in Ukraine
Two daughters of the late Stefan Terlezki, a World War II refugee who became the first Ukrainian to hold political office as a Member of the British Parliament, saw his archive go under the hammer and
Nov. 13, 2022
Holodomor
The great nephew of Gareth Jones, the Welsh investigative journalist, who was one of the first to report on the 1932-33 man-made, artificial famine in Ukraine, known as the Holodomor, has said he was
Nov. 6, 2022
Russia
Let me start with a few quotes from “Letters from Muscovy,” a little-known book by a little-known author, which appeared on the European book market back in 1735 and was translated into many languages
Oct. 30, 2022
Six years ago, when I was one of the hosts and interviewers for Hromadske Radio’s weekly Ukraine Calling program, I had the privilege of having the distinguished scholar, writer and thinker, Yale hist
Oct. 30, 2022
60 years ago this month the world held its breath as what became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded. The Scottish weekly newspaper the Sunday Post asked the eminent British military historian
Oct. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
On Sep. 8, 1944, a V-2 ballistic missile carrying 910 kilos of hatred, landed in Staveley Road in West London, killing three people and injuring 17 others. Among them was Rosemary Clarke, aged three,
Oct. 14, 2022
War in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Center for Museum Development reported that Russia’s massive missile strike on Oct.10 caused serious damage to cultural and academic buildings in downtown Kyiv, namely: Taras Shevchenko
Oct. 12, 2022
The idea that history has a predetermined destiny has been responsible for some of humankind’s most destructive ideologies. But despite the failure of many of these schemes, there is such a thing as t
Sep. 19, 2022
One of the greatest modern Ukrainians, poet, writer and political activist, Ivan Franko, was born on Aug. 27, 1856. He was an exemplary European democrat and one of the first advocates of universal hu
Aug. 27, 2022
“Why is loving Ukraine a guilt? Why am I guilty of being inspired by the idea of Ukrainian independence… so much so that I was ready to stand up against the Soviet Union and the whole world, had I onl
Aug. 8, 2022
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Sociology Institute finds that Ukrainians are more interested than ever in the truth about their past and looking forward to a future with other democracies in Europe.
Mar. 27, 2023