Australian Pete Shmigel argues that the suppressed traumas of distant and recent history continue to shape Ukrainian society negatively and are as big an obstacle to progress as more commonly discussed problems like corruption and the ongoing...
From harem slavery to the pinnacle of imperial power: how a Ukrainian village girl won the heart of Suleiman the Magnificent and conquered the world’s mightiest empire
Recent research into the prominent Belgian role in Ukraine’s late nineteenth century industrialization is helping to debunk Communist era myths while offering encouraging context for Ukraine’s current Euro-integration ambitions and teaching a...
The current hybrid war in eastern Ukraine is merely the latest example of Russia’s longstanding efforts to prevent the emergence of a genuinely independent Ukrainian state. Outside audiences continue to lack the historical knowledge necessary to...
The Habsburg Empire experience of western Ukraine during the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries helped foster a sense of Ukrainian identity and rooted the country firmly in the European cultural universe while planting the...
Archeological treasure trove points to Mykolaiv’s ancient origins and threatens to rewrite history books but underfunding prevents full analysis of exciting site
The centenary of Ukraine’s independence struggle has been internationally overlooked despite contemporary context as country defends itself against Vladimir Putin's ongoing hybrid war
Putin's Russia has consistently promoted ideas of Ukraine as an integral part of a broader Russian world while rejecting historic notions of Ukrainian sovereignty
Many of Ukraine’s major industrial cities have colorful international backgrounds that contradict Kremlin efforts to portray them as exclusively Russian creations of the Tsarist Empire
For centuries much of today’s Ukraine was part of the historically overlooked but hugely important Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Former Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Henryk Litwin explores the impact of this Central European superpower on the...
Ukrainian Security Service State Archive Director Andriy Kohut hits back at criticism over Ukraine’s handling of the painful realities of the country’s troubled totalitarian past
Post-revolutionary Ukraine's decision to appoint foreigners to key positions in government offers an echo of the legendary foundation of the Kyiv Rus state following an invitation to Scandinavian tribal leaders to 'come and rule'
