Culture

Ukrainian writer and war crimes documentarian Victoria Amelina, killed in a 2023 Russian missile strike, has been posthumously awarded the 2025 Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing for her acclaimed book Looking at Women Looking at War. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture reports that Russian shelling has damaged or destroyed 1,640 cultural heritage sites and 2,446 cultural infrastructure facilities, including museums, theaters and libraries across 18 regions since the war began. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Beyond reparations, Ukraine faces a deeper task: reclaiming stolen cultural heritage, historical narratives, and intellectual property appropriated by the Russian Empire and USSR.

Kyiv’s Pechersk Lavra opens a major exhibition on the 14th–15th‑century Kyiv Principality, showcasing medieval history, religion and statehood roots, and celebrating Ukraine’s cultural heritage.

Uzhhorod Skansen opens “Our History” exhibition of embroidered shirts and beadwork based on authentic Transcarpathian patterns, celebrating regional folk art and heritage by master artisans.

Book Arsenal names Ukraine’s most beautiful books of 2025, awarding top design prizes to standout titles in utilitarian, art, text and visual storytelling categories from 225 submissions.

The French version of Chapter Ukraine launches with a catalog of over 100 Ukrainian books in translation from 34 publishers, boosting global access to Ukrainian literature in French.

UNESCO added 19 Ukrainian churches, museums and historic landmarks to its list of cultural property under enhanced protection, boosting legal safeguards for Ukraine’s heritage amid wartime threats.

On June 4, 1863, in the village of Sholudky in the Podolia Governorate, the renowned architect of Polish descent, known as the “Kyiv Gaudí,” Vladyslav Horodetskyi was born, Diaspora.ua reminds us. He is best known as the creator of unique architectural landmarks that have become symbols of Kyiv — the House with Chimaeras, St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral (the National […]

This is a story about Maksym Nelipa and his route from a popular Ukrainian showman to frontline hero from Avah Gibbs So, here’s the Showman. Friends, do you still remember Maksym Nelipa? A well-known Ukrainian actor and TV host whose peak popularity was in the mid-2000s. He was a star of KVN, the host of the shows “Lose a Million” […]

My new video “Turn Back” is the third of the trilogy of videos I filmed in Ukraine in August, 2023. It has multiple meanings depending on the place in which you find yourself. For many people, it is a plea to a loved one who looking for something somewhere else to find it right there at home. But for me, […]

The Ministry of Culture has updated data on the number of cultural objects damaged by Russian aggression Since Russia’s full-scale aggression in Ukraine began, 1,711 cultural infrastructure objects have been damaged, as reported by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine on November 3. According to the Ministry’s data as of October 25, cultural infrastructure suffered the greatest […]