History
Why did Russia sell Alaska? Was it really a 99-year lease? Who exactly sold Alaska to the United States – and why? WAS: Popular history‘s…
In 2025, after five-year hiatus, the Kazimir Malevich Award for Ukrainian artists returns. This was announced to UP Culture by the Polish Institute in Kyiv,…
Have you ever wondered: how did it happen that in a country with some of the most fertile land in the world, people are merely…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law recognizing Ukrainians who were forcibly resettled from Poland between 1944 and 1951 as deportees. According to grunt.media,…
The history of Ukraine’s fundamental law dates back to the Cossack era. On Saturday, June 28, Ukraine celebrates Constitution Day. For the fourth year in…
Archaeologists have excavated the Opishlyanka burial mound, with the findings dated to the 6th–5th centuries BCE, Uspih in UA informs. The discoveries were announced by researchers…
In Kyiv, you can see a unique engraving dedicated to Ivan Mazepa, created in 1705. It is a complex symbolic composition with the Cossack leader…
According to Gordonua, the Polish Sejm has passed a law designating July 11 as a Memorial Day for Poles who died as a result of…
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…
In the 9th–10th centuries, Kyiv became the capital of a powerful state — Rus. It would seem this is the beginning of Ukraine’s statehood. Official…
The building located at 7 Kontraktova Square is officially considered the oldest residential building in Kyiv. To clarify — it is the oldest residential building…
Muscovy takes the name “Rus,” but it never had what the true Rus possessed. In Kyiv, European kings were recepted, while in Moscow, they waited…
