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Metallica endorses Ukrainian musician-turned-solder’s performance of their ‘Nothing Else Matters’ song on 62-string bandura

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"We recently learned of Cultural Forces, the cultural arm of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, through our own James Hetfield. @culturalforces.international features seven world-class...

Stark difference between Muscovites and Ukrainians in 1654 observed by Syrian Chronicler Paul of...

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"In regard to the church music of these countries, it may be observed, that the chaunting of the Cossacks dilates the breast and clears...

Bohdan Khmelnitsky’s Army and Cossack Government described by Paul of Aleppo in 1654

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"Now these accounts of Akhmil and the Cossacks, which we have so distinctly commemorated, were collected with the utmost care; and noted by me...

Bohdan Khmelnitsky meeting Patriarch Macarius III of Antioch near Kyiv in 1654

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Paul of Aleppo (1627 - 1669) was a Syrian archdeacon, traveler, and writer. He accompanied his father, Patriarch Makarios III of Antioch, on a journey from Aleppo...

Cossack Country-Ukraine as seen by Syrian chronicler Paul of Aleppo in 1654

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Paul of Aleppo (1627 - 1669) was a Syrian archdeacon, traveler, and writer. He accompanied his father, Patriarch Makarios III of Antioch, on a journey from Aleppo...

Pablo Picasso in Ukrainian Embroidery Shirt/ Vyshyvanka

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His first wife who was Ukrainian presented it to him. See other famous people in this traditional Ukrainian attire >

Taras Shevchenko Memorial in Washington, DC

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The monument of Taras Shevchenko, 19th century Ukrainian poet and fighter for the independence of Ukraine and the freedom of all mankind, who under...

Vera Rich, renowned translator of Ukrainian Classic poetry

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Vera Rich (born Faith Elizabeth Rich, 24 April 1936 – 20 December 2009) was a British poet, journalist, historian, and translator from Belarusian and Ukrainian. English speakers interested in...

In August of 1937, Moscow demolished 12th-century St. Michael’s Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, but...

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St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is situated on the central hill of Kyiv overlooking the Dnieper River and the northern part of Ukraine's capital. It was...

Hryhorii Skovoroda: How Russia Tried to Appropriate ‘Ukrainian Socrates’

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Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722 – 1794) was a philosopher of Ukrainian Cossack origin. He was a poet, a teacher, and a composer of liturgical music. His significant influence on his contemporaries and succeeding generations...