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British-Ukrainian mission to the Moon

Almost half a century after the “giant leap for mankind”, earthlings are once again conquering the Moon. Within this decade, the first woman and man are planned to land on Earth’s satellite, which will be preceded by numerous studies, analyses,...

New life of legendary Kharkiv apartments

In Kharkiv, two apartments in historic buildings have been redeemed. A prominent critic, essayist, and linguist Yurii Sheveliov lived in one of them, and writer Petro Lisovyi lived in the other. These apartments have not been redeemed for the sake...

What is Plast? London Branch

In 2020, London celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Plast revival. Created in a similar way to scouting but with national features, for many people, this youth movement is an important place for growing up and education, shaping one’s identity,...

Who are the Ukrainians?

Established in 1991, the British band the Ukrainians managed to combine Ukrainian folk with western rock even before that begun in Ukraine. During its 30 years of existence, the band with only 2 people with Ukrainian origins became famous in...

Zhytomyr: how the Electrovymiriuvach is being revitalised

Formerly an important industrial enterprise, today Zhytomyr’s “Elektrovymiriuvach” (“Electromeasurer”) plant mainly produces equipment for physics classrooms. In 2019 Andrii Chyburovskyi became its co-owner. He decided to preserve the plant’s capacities and create a socially meaningful project on its basis. An...

Exploring Ukrainian Australia

A Ukrainian, Olga Oleinikova, has been living and working in Australia for almost ten years. She opened a research and analytical centre “Ukrainian Democratic Initiative” and founded a Persollo startup there. Olga teaches at the University of Sydney and organises...

Hamburg. A choir that unites

A German software developer and a founder of a Ukrainian сhurch сhoir, Martin Dietze, and a Ukrainian philologist, Nataliia Kostiak, have been living in Northern Germany, Hamburg, for almost 10 years. The couple founded the German-Ukrainian Cultural Society, within which...

What is the Dovzhenko Centre?

Until 2006, almost all films screened in Ukrainian theatres were exclusively dubbed in Russian, and few could have ever imagined that dubbing in Ukrainian was possible. And, while by 2014 few Ukrainian movies were successfully making film distribution deals, now...