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...

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...

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...

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...

Panteleimon Kulish, a 19th-century writer at the forefront of Ukrainian national revival

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Panteleimon Kulish’s 200th Birthday Doodle: "Today’s Doodle celebrates the renowned Ukrainian writer, historian, and translator Pateleimon Kulish, born on this day...

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Variations on Ukrainian Folk Songs

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) used themes from Ukraine for two of his Ten National Airs with Variations, Op. 107...

Mykola Pymonenko whose works inspired Kazimir Malevich. His Hopak painting was bought by the...

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Mykola Pymonenko was a Ukrainian realist painter who lived and worked in Kyiv. Pymonenko is best known for his urban and rural...

‘Russian Peace’ is the triumph of Evil: Pope Francis gets a powerful reply from...

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Last week, Pope Francis provoked outrage by saying Ukraine 'should raise white flag' to end war with Russia. Among many powerful replies...

Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian prominent sculptor inspired by Scythian Art

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M. Shkandrij in his 'Avant-Garde Art in Ukraine' published in Boston in 2019, wrote that Alexander Archipenko "called for a renewal of “ancient polychromy...

Kvitka ‘Kacey’ Cisyk, Ukrainian Flower. Her Best Ukrainian Song

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Per Wikipedia, Kvitka "Kacey" Cisyk (Ukrainian: Квітка Цісик; Квітослава-Орися Цісик, Kvitka Tsisyk; April 4, 1953 – March 29, 1998) was an American coloratura soprano of Ukrainian...

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