1/6 On June 27, 2014, Ukraine signed the economic part of the Association Agreement with the EU.
This agreement paved the way for Ukraine to shift from mere partnership and cooperation to deeper political association and economic integration with the EU.
1/ On May 22, 1979, Volodymyr Ivasyuk's funeral turned into a powerful demonstration of defiance against the communist government by thousands of people.
Ukraine was saying goodbye to the beloved composer, poet, and singer Volodymyr Ivasyuk.
An event that is truly worth celebrating on May 9. On this day in 1920, a joint Ukrainian-Polish army liberated Kyiv from the red bolshevik evil. Not for long, but they did.
An Easter towel from the town of Borshchiv (Eastern Galicia, then part of Poland), embroidered in 1936.
From the collection of the Borshchiv Regional Museum of Local Lore.
For three years now, the Ukrainian community in Washington, D.C., together with Ambassador Oksana Markarova, has been planting sunflowers in the U.S. capital as a symbol of Ukraine, which always faces the sun.
1/ In May 1933, the first issue of the newspaper "Ukrainian Word" ("La Parole Ukrainienne") was published in Paris. Today, it is the oldest Ukrainian periodical that continues to be published in France.
1/ On April 19, 2014, the bodies of Volodymyr Rybak and Yuriy Popravka, who were tortured by russian militants, were found in the Kazenyi Torets River. At that time, Sloviansk was occupied by russian terrorists.
On April 9, 2015, the Verkhovna Rada passed four laws condemning the communist regime, opening the archives of the Soviet secret services, and recognizing the UPA and other organizations as fighters for Ukraine's independence.
The parliament called these laws the "decommunization package."
In addition to the cascade of hydroelectric power plants on the Dnipro, moscow in the days of Khrushchev was developing another mega-project, the Baltic-Dnipro Canal. This is what it was supposed to look like.
Serhiy Kokurin - the first Ukrainian soldier killed by the ru occupiers.
10 years ago, on March 18, 2014, ru killed Serhiy Kokurin, a military topographer and warrant officer of a Ukrainian military unit in Crimea. This is the first loss among the military in the russian-Ukrainian war
1/ On March 10, 1861, Taras Shevchenko, an ideologue and symbol of the Ukrainian national idea whose work laid the foundations of modern Ukrainian literature, passed away in St. Petersburg at the age of 47.
Today we celebrate the Day of the National Anthem of Ukraine!
Its first public performance took place on March 10, 1865, in Przemysl as the final number of a concert dedicated to Taras Shevchenko.
Words by Pavlo Chubynskyi, music by Mykhailo Verbytskyi.
*illustration by Nikita Titov
1/ "The Fire of Moscow in 1812" by Ivan Aivazovsky, also known as Owanes Aivazian.
Note the blue and yellow colors of the painting.
It was bought by the royal family and was never exhibited under the tsars and soviets.
March 5, 1953. A Ukrainian restaurant in New York City invites people to taste borscht for free on the occasion of the death of Joseph Stalin, who died on this day.
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On March 1-2, 1943, in the village of Koryukivka, Chernihiv Oblast, German purging units killed about 7,000 civilians and burned almost all the buildings. In terms of the number of victims, the Koryukivka tragedy exceeds Khatyn, Lidice, and Oradur, which became symbols of cruelty during World War II
On February 26, 1994, at the XVII Winter Games in Lillehammer, 16-year-old Oksana Bayul, competing in the women's figure skating competition, won the gold Olympic medal, the first in the history of independent Ukraine and the only one in the next 20 years.
Ukrainian dissident and Hero of Ukraine Stepan Khmara has died at the age of 86.
In 1980, the Soviet authorities sentenced Khmara to 7 years in prison. Upon his return, he became a member of parliament and co-authored the Constitution.
Day of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes.
The first sad price for Independence, Freedom and Democracy.
In fact, looking back, these are the first civilians killed by ru and its supporters in an attempt to destroy Ukraine.
1/ THE DAY OF THE NATIONAL COAT OF ARMS
On February 19, 1992, the Ukrainian Parliament approved the Trident as the national coat of arms. A few interesting facts:
