Ukrainian Alexei Berest hoists Victory Banner over Reichstag on May 01, 1945
" On 30 April 1945, after long days of street combat in Berlin, the 150th Division attacked the Reichstag. On 1 May, at about 03:00, Berest...
Ukraine Vyshyvanka/ Embroidery Shirt Day
In 2020, Google created a Doodle honoring the Ukrainian embroidered shirt in commemoration of International Vyshyvanka Day: "Held each year on the third Thursday of May, this...
Kyiv’s Independence Square (Maidan) as seen by John Steinbeck after WW2, 1946
“We tried to read a little of the plane, and promptly went to sleep. And when we were awakened, we were over the flat...
Ukrainian Chumaks, Ox-Wagon Drivers, in Ivan Aivazovsky’s paintings
Future world-renowned outstanding marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Aivazian) (1817-1900) was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia in Crimea and was mostly based there. But Aivazovsky's...














