Toughest Open-Air Gym in Europe
It is situated right in the center of Kyiv, on the island amidst Dnieper river which divides Kyiv on two almost equal parts - "left bank Kyiv" and "right...
Mystery of How Kyiv Shaped Early Christianity in Norway
The third largest Norwegian city is Trondheim. It is best known for being linked to unruly Viking kings but now it turns out to become...
Jim Morrison in Ukrainian embroidery shirt presented to him by Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola was the fourth child of Ondrej Warhola (Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889–1942) and Julia (née Zavacká, 1892–1972), whose first child was born in their homeland and died...
Canada celebrates Ukrainian Heritage Day on Sep. 7
There had been some immigration of Ukrainians to Canada as early as 1812. However, the first recorded Ukrainian immigrants to Canada were Ivan Pylypiw and Wasyl Eleniak, farmers from Galicia....
10th-century Easter Egg from Kyiv Rus discovered in Sweden
"Glazed ceramic Resurrection egg. The egg is made of glazed fired clay. It varies in colour from bright chocolate brown to dark green. The...
Ukrainian Army’s Recruitment Video ranked #2 Worldwide
Making a military recruitment video is a challenge. In a single television spot, you have to convince someone to make the life-altering choice...
The World’s First Kidney Transplant by Ukrainian Dr. Yurii Voronyi in 1933
Yurii Voronyi (1895-1961) was the first doctor in the world to perform renal transplantation in the clinic. The operation was conducted in 1933 in...
Tunnel of Love, Ukraine
Just outside the city of Klevan in the Rivne oblast in Western Ukraine, a nearly two-mile stretch of private railway has turned the surrounding...
Miss Ukraine at the Miss Universe Pageant
Did you know of the presense of the Amazons Female Warriors in the area of present-day Ukraine?
Milla ‘The Fifth Element’ Jovovich was born in Kyiv, Ukraine on Dec. 17, 1975
The actress calls herself "a humble Ukrainian girl".Milla's words on her Facebook January 30, 2014, during Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, meant a lot to...
