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Mr Jones film highlights Welsh ‘unknown hero’ Gareth Jones – BBC

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The film includes graphic depictions of the famine and details Soviet efforts to suppress the truth. It is inspired by the true story of Gareth...

Ukrainian borscht among 20 of the world’s best soups according to...

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Chunks of tender beets swim in brilliant red broth for a soup that's beloved in Ukraine and across Eastern Europe. Often topped with a...

Kazimir Malevich showed the tragedy of Holodomor, himself fell victim to...

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“Malevich was the only artist who showed the tragic situation of the Ukrainian peasants during forced collectivization in the USSR” – wrote Jean-Claude Markade, French...

Funeral ritual performed by warriors of Sviatoslav the Brave of Kyiv...

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The battles during the Siege of Dorostolon were fought in 971 on Bulgarian soil between the Byzantine Empire and forces of Kyiv Rus. Byzantine court historian...

Anna Muzychuck, Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster, chose to lose her Two Titles...

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Anna Muzychuk is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (GM). She is the fourth woman in chess history to attain a FIDE rating of at least 2600. She has been...

Scythian Sword and Sheath from Solokha Royal Kurgan

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Both were found in the second chamber of Solokha Royal Kurgan in Ukraine.

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In 1918, the Kuban People’s Republic voted to join Ukraine. Moscow...

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Kuban People's Republic was an anti-Bolshevik state during the Russian Civil War, comprising the territory of the Kuban region in Russia. The republic was proclaimed...

The World’s First Kidney Transplant by Ukrainian Dr. Yurii Voronyi in...

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Yurii Voronyi (1895-1961) was the first doctor in the world to perform renal transplantation in the clinic. The operation was conducted in 1933 in...

‘Russia, Prison of Peoples’ term was coined by de Custine in...

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Marquis de Custine in his La Russie en 1839 coined the description of Russia as the prison of the peoples. Below are the quotes from...

Gen Kellog’s daughter Meaghan Mobbs, ardent supporter of Ukraine, – WP

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" Kellogg is no dove on Russia, and neither is his offspring. Kellogg’s daughter is Meaghan Mobbs, president of the R.T. Weatherman Foundation and a graduate...

Faces of Kyiv Rulers of the 11th c. AD on St....

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In an attempt to rewrite and appropriate the history of Kyiv Rus, the Muscovites have insistently portrayed Kyiv rulers as bearded men. Take a...

Ukraine-Gondor vs. Russia-Mordor

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Ukrainians have been referring to Moscow as Mordor since the beginning of the current war in 2014. And one of the most popular names...

‘Russians’ have been sadistic cowards all their history. Ivan the Terrified...

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In 2022, the civilized world shuddered with horror at the images of executed civilians in the city of Bucha. Then there was the bombed...

King Yaroslav Osmomysl of Halych, Key Figure of ‘Song of Igor’s...

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Yaroslav Osmomysl (c. 1135 – 1 October 1187) was a knyaz of Halych (now in western Ukraine). He is best-known for appearing in The Tale of Igor's Campaign. His sobriquet,...

Kyiv’s Independence Square (Maidan) as seen by John Steinbeck after WW2,...

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“We tried to read a little of the plane, and promptly went to sleep. And when we were awakened, we were over the flat...

Quiet Ukrainian behind IBM, Apple success: Lubomir Romankiw was born Apr....

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Lubomyr Romankiw was born in 1931 when the city of Zhovkva was part of Poland. After WWII, the Romakiw family traveled to Munich, where...

Alex Trebek was born July 22, 1940. His original family last...

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Alex Trebek was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on July 22, 1940, the son of George Edward Trebek (né Terebeychuk), a chef who had emigrated from Ukraine as...

Israel Zangwill: Russia was largely responsible for the Anti-Jewish pogroms in...

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Israel Zangwill Commends New Republic's Attitude Toward the Jews in Ukraine (A letter from Israel Zangwill, noted writer and President of the Jewish Territorial...