History

Many English people will know of the old Saxon Kingdom of England, Alfred the Great and his ancestors, the Kingdom of Wessex ruled by the ancestors of a semi mythological Cerdic (“Cerdicingas” in the old English) and the defeat of Harold Godwin(e) at the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066. Those of us who also know something of old Kyivan […]

Heartbreaking pages of Ukraine’s history or how Russia’s regime wanted Ukrainian culture to be erased.

World knows the history of Ukraine-Ruthenia, despite all attempts and efforts of Moscow to destroy the true knowledge about Ukraine. The Muscovy has always been famous for attempt to destroy all mention of Ukraine, its culture, its history at all centuries. It destroyed not only literary monuments of Ukraine, but also books published outside its territory. Books, clearly pointing to […]

Ukraine in the world archives: Breaking Russian myths in infographics of 1914-1919. Lenin was right when he said that «Soviet Russia can’t exist without Ukraine». Breaking Russian myths and perversion of information: in 1918, Ukraine (UPR) proclaimed that it separates from Russia and becomes an independent state. To tell the world about a new country UKRAINE, Bucharest published a colorful […]

After analyzing the genomes of the ancient inhabitants of Ireland, the researchers concluded that the ancestors of the Irish people came from Eastern and Southern Europe. First of all, from the northern Black Sea coast, the south of present-day Ukraine, reports the BBC.

For the first time Ukraine was mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle. Not Little Rus’ or something else, but Ukraine. Nobody heard about Moscow and Russia at that time. Learn more impressive historical facts. The Chronicle includes several components: Lavrentian Chronicle, the Tale of Bygone Years, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Galician–Volhynian Chronicles which described the events from 860’s to 1292’s. Sources of the chronicles […]

"Serving God is serving the people." Metropolitan A. Sheptytsky

July 29, 2015 will remain a historic day for Ukrainians: it was the day of the solemn unveiling in Lviv of the monument to Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky marking the 150th anniversary of his birth.

29 January 1918, a historical battle between Bolshevik forces of thousands and small, mainly students', Ukrainian unit of several hundreds took place near Kruty railway station in 130km from Kyiv. EMPR continues telling about important pages of Ukrainian history.

22 January, with its sovereignty threatened by Russian invasion, Ukraine will traditionally celebrate the Day of Unity. On the eve of this holiday, EMPR tells about its significance for Ukrainian people.