Name of Lithuanian capital Vilnius may have derived from Ukrainian word “vilnyi” which means...

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Speaking of Kyiv, by 1327, Kyiv had freed itself from the Mongols and had been part of the Grand Dutchy of...

Map of Ukraine from the Paris Peace Conference in 1919

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The map is surprisingly close to the borders of Kyiv Rus 1000 years ago. At that time, the area of present-day...

Russia always was Rotten Spot of Civilization

For people who think that the formation that calls itself "Russia" got bad only with midget Putin getting into office, or...

Was Ukraine Independent in the 16th century? Emperor Rudolph II thought so

In May of 1594, Erich Lassota von Steblau, a special envoy of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II to the Zaporozhian Cossacks...

‘Ukraine – Pays des Cossaques’ Map of 1670, Putin’s Geographic Blunder

May 23, 2023. "Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday cited a 17th-Century map of Europe to back his discredited thesis that Ukraine...
Painting “Mazeppa” by Louis Guisnet, 1874

Ukrainian Cossack leader Ivan Mazepa and Lord Byron’s poem devoted to him

Near the end of the 17th century, Ukrainian Cossacks had a Hetman whose name would be known all over Europe and...

Dostoyevsky on why Russians were perceived as barbarians in Europe: ‘Scratch a Russian and...

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The quote is taken from The Diary of a Writer: "I have said that Russians are disliked in Europe. That they...

The Czechs crowdfunded and bought a tank for Ukraine

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Czech citizens raise $1.3 mln for modernised tank for Ukraine | Reuters

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