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Nov. 26 2022, 9:23 am
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Everything You Need to Know About Holodomor Remembrance Day
Despite being ravaged by war and Russian aggression, the people of Ukraine will commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor genocide this year …
Ramsha Afridi
Aug. 24 2022, 11:05 am
EXCLUSIVE
IN-DEPTH
31 Years Ago Today – How Ukraine Declared Its Independence
On Aug. 24, 1991, the then still Soviet Ukrainian parliament declared Ukraine’s independence. But what actually happened on that historic day, and …
Bohdan Nahaylo
July 18 2022, 1:36 pm
Hryhoriy Halahan: Noble Redemption – Part 2
Hryhoriy Halahan. 1887 For part 1, please click here Perhaps, it was not accidental that Hryhoriy Halahan fell in love with and married Kateryna …
Andriy Bondar
July 16 2022, 11:59 am
Hryhoriy Halahan: Noble Redemption – Part 1
The Russian Empire, which until its collapse in 1917 included Ukraine, was the last of the European powers to abolish slavery that had for several …
Andriy Bondar
July 10 2022, 10:42 am
Charles XII and Voltaire – Early Defenders of Ukraine’s Independence
What connects Swedish warrior king Charles XII and French philosopher Voltaire? Both great Europeans recognized Ukraine’s desire to be an independent …
Marichka Palamarchuk
July 9 2022, 10:30 am
Authentic Histories: University Walls Contain Tragic Soviet-era Secrets
“The Prison on Striyska Street” is a short documentary produced by the Kyiv-based DocNoteFilms studios. It premiered on state-owned Suspilne regional …
Oleh Chornyy
July 7 2022, 12:13 pm
Sweden Recognized Ukraine’s Independence Already Three Centuries Ago
In an act of timely historical symbolism, the Prime Minister of Sweden has presented President Volodymyr Zelensky with a letter from King Charles XII, …
Anna Neplii
May 28 2022, 3:34 pm
Authentic histories: How the Soviets almost grabbed an island from Denmark, and why they still pine for it
In the Baltic Sea, there is an island called Bornholm, the furthest east from the main territory of Denmark, with Sweden close by to the north, and …
Yuri Shapoval
Dec. 28 2021, 6:07 pm
Authentic Histories
Today we are delighted to begin a new regular feature – Authentic Histories – columns and short feature stories, on historical themes by one of …
Yuri Shapoval
Dec. 23 2021, 6:53 pm
From the Secret Pages of History: CIA Cold War Radio Nacional de España Broadcasts to Ukraine
The origins of CIA and Radio Nacional de España (RNE) Ukrainian broadcasts can be traced to March 1956: there were discussions between ZP/UHVR …
Richard H. Cummings
Dec. 22 2021, 8:24 pm
From the Secret Pages of History : Origins of the CIA Clandestine Radio Station Nova Ukraina, 1955-1959 (II)
Moving from the concept of a clandestine radio to the actual beginning of broadcasting to Ukraine was a relatively long and drawn-out affair. The CIA …
Richard H. Cummings
Dec. 21 2021, 6:56 pm
From the Secret Pages of History
Origins of the CIA Clandestine Radio Station Nova Ukraina, 1955-1959 (I) In 1948, the CIA’s Office of Policy Coordination (OPC) selected the émigré …
Richard H. Cummings
Nov. 4 2021, 2:59 pm
OpenDemocracy: Ukraine 1917 (Book Review)
A groundbreaking new book by historian Marko Bojcun explores a whirlwind year in the life of Ukraine. Read more here.
OpenDemocracy
Nov. 2 2021, 2:47 pm
EuroMaidan Press: ‘My neighbor buried her 3 children’ – Holodomor witness
Vasylyna Yarovenko, née Kashchuk, was a ten-year-old peasant girl in 1932-1933, when her village was hit by the Holodomor, the genocidal famine of …
EuroMaidan Press
Nov. 1 2021, 5:52 pm
RFE/RL: How Stalin liquidated the Ukrainian peasant class
In January 2020 (90th commemoration of the total extermination of private property in the USSR), Radio Liberty and the National Museum of the …
EuroMaidan Press
Nov. 1 2021, 1:50 pm
EuroMaidan Press: ‘2-3 people starved to death in our village every day’, Holodomor witness says
Anna Slobodian, née Kashchak, was a four-year-old kid from a peasant family in 1932-1933, when her village was hit by the Holodomor, the genocidal …
EuroMaidan Press
Oct. 29 2021, 3:22 pm
EXCLUSIVE
98! Turkey celebrates Republic Day on Oct. 29
The Kyiv Post’s special coverage of the bilateral relationship comes ahead of Turkey’s 98th Republic Day, also known as Cumhuriyet Bayrami, celebrated …
Alexander Query
Oct. 23 2021, 10:43 am
EXCLUSIVE
Centuries later, Russia still claims Ukraine’s cultural, scientific heritage
At first glance, there was nothing unusual about the September presentation of the logo for the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship planned to be held …
Daria Shulzhenko
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