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Prince Charles dancing Ukrainian Hopak dance, 1981

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King of the United Kingdom Charles III (back then Prince of Wales) is dancing Hopak with Ukrainian band "Hoverla" in Derby, 1981.

The Telegraph: Jeff Koon accused of copying Ukrainian artist’s work

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/25/jeff-koons-accused-copying-ukrainian-artists-work/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_fb

Who really owns borsch – BBC

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"The problem with this statement is that Ancient Rus was centred in Kyiv (Kiev in Russian), now the capital of Ukraine. Over the...

This man coined the word ‘Genocide’. Here is Dr Lemkin’s speech on Holodomor in...

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Rafał Lemkin was a lawyer of Polish-Jewish descent who is best known for coining the word genocide in 1943 or 1944 from genos (Greek for family, tribe, or race) and -cide (Latin for killing) (Wikipedia). On September...

Jim Morrison in Ukrainian embroidery shirt presented to him by Andy Warhol

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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...

Ukrainian Bandura: Soul of the Nation

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National music instrument may tell a lot about the nation itself. About its soul expressed in melody of its songs for example. And it is...

John Steinbeck describes the ruins of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, St. Sophia and sarcophagus of Yaroslav...

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"We went from this little plaster city, so new that it has not even been built yet, to the ancient monastery on the cliff....

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 genre scenes of...

‘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 by political and...