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...

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...

Ukrainian Kateryna Bilokur, a self-taught painter-virtuoso praised by Pablo Picasso

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In Dec. 2020, Doodle celebrated the 120th birthday of a Ukrainian painter with the following words: "Kateryna Bilokur, a self-taught virtuoso earned international renown for...

Odesa, the craddle of Israeli culture, enjoys a Jewish Rennaissance

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The history of Odessa is also the history of Tel Aviv. Long before the State of Israel was founded, the Jewish community in...

Ukraine celebrates anniversary of Kyiv Rus Christianization

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New perspective on Volodymir's ancestry and why he chose to be baptized in one of the most dangerous places for him, - Tauric Chersonesus...

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....

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...

The earliest European proto-towns: Trypillia Mega-sites in Ukraine can be true Cradle of Civilization

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One of the most famous Ukrainian archaeological sites - Maidanetske situated in Cherkassy oblast - can be a true Cradle of Civilization, writes French...

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...