Stark difference between Muscovites and Ukrainians in 1654 observed by Syrian Chronicler Paul of...
"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 meeting Patriarch Macarius III of Antioch near Kyiv in 1654
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...
Mykola Pymonenko whose works inspired Kazimir Malevich. His Hopak painting was bought by the...
Mykola Pymonenko was a Ukrainian realist painter who lived and worked in Kyiv. Pymonenko is best known for his urban and rural genre scenes of...
Ukrainian Cossacks – the power of Freedom. (Quotes from a Harvard Professor’s book)
It's Harvard Professor Serhii Plokhy this time with the book "The Gates of Europe: The History of Ukraine" ("An indispensable guide to tragic history" - The Telegraph...
The Swiss Secrets of Alexander Archipenko – Harvard Ukrainian Studies
"Contemporaries and scholars of Archipenko acknowledge the influence of his ideas on the development of twentieth-century sculpture. Gino Severini, who met him in Paris in...
In Ukraine, These Stunning Floral Crowns Are In Style
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/ukraine/articles/in-ukraine-these-stunning-floral-crowns-are-in-style/
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...
St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv was created in the 11th century to rival Hagia...
"Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kyiv's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kyiv, which was created...
