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Response of Ukrainian artists to the war started by the Russian Federation. Part 3

Ukrainians bravely stand against the enemy in their cities and villages. Elderly people stop tanks with their bare hands; farmers take enemy equipment back to their farms as a trophy; hundreds of volunteers help the army and civilians in any...

Response of Ukrainian artists to the war started by the Russian Federation. Part 2

Since Russia annexed Crimea and the outbreak of the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014, the world has increasingly compared Putin to Adolf Hitler. Even EU leaders and diplomats do not mince words when making public comments. There are indeed...

Response of Ukrainian artists to the war started by the Russian Federation

Since the beginning of Russia’s war against Ukraine, Ukrainian artists have been creating illustrations, posters, and collages. Some artworks go viral on social media and are used by people from different countries to protest the aggression and lies of the...

Kharkiv architecture

Kharkiv architecture is experimental by its nature, and imbued with symbols. Red bricks and two-storey houses of the 19th century, constructivist memorial sites, co-operative buildings (the name of a prestigious co-housing project of the Soviet era), and first cultural hubs...

An Egg as an Art Object

Anatolii Boiko decorates the eggshell in a way that surprises art connoisseurs and experienced scientists. An artist from Volodymyr-Volynskyi in Volyn invented a unique technique of decorating eggs — he “dresses” them in metal, decorates them with precious stones, and...

Fighting for Donbas with Art

From the very beginning of the war in the east of Ukraine, artist Serhii Zakharov protested against the seizure of Donetsk by Russian militants. Because of his art installations, the artist was detained in a basement of the terrorists from...

What does UNESCO protect in Ukraine?

Masterpieces of human creative genius, objects that bear exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition, or outstanding developments in architecture or technology: these are just a few of the criteria for the UNESCO World Heritage List, which was created for the...

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