Ukrainian History

3/ Also on that day, Leonid Kravchuk was elected president.
Poland recognized Ukraine the next day. Canada was the first in the West.
A sovereign nation re-entered the world.

2/ Millions chose statehood.
Donetsk – 83.9%
Luhansk – 83.86%
Crimea – 54.19%
Sevastopol – 57.07%
Those numbers matter.
They expose every russian lie about “historical lands” and “russian Crimea.”
Ukraine voted. Ukraine decided.

1/ Dec 1, 1991: Ukraine held a nationwide referendum.
The question was simple: Do you support the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine?
The answer: 90.32% YES.
Every region, every oblast, including Crimea and Donbas, said Ukraine is sovereign.

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3/ This is not just a date.
It’s a promise:
To be worthy of their sacrifice.
To keep fighting.
To never let Moscow rewrite our story.
Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the heroes.
Support the army.
We will win.

2/ We remember the Heavenly Hundred.
We remember those killed in the ATO, JFO and now, on every front of this full-scale russian war.
Our freedom exists because they stood.
Our future was bought with blood.
We owe them memory and victory.

1/ Nov 21 – Day of Dignity and Freedom.
We honor all who rose up in 2004 and 2013–2014 for Ukraine’s right to choose freedom over fear.
Maidan changed us.
It united us.
It proved we are a nation that will not kneel to tyrants at home or invaders from Moscow.

4/ Beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2001.
Righteous Among the Nations (1996).
Klymentiy Sheptytsky was a man of nobility in the truest sense - moral, not just inherited.
A conscience of Ukraine.
A martyr of dignity.
A name we must never let vanish.

3/ He and Andrey saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust, including future Chief Rabbis of Israel & Argentina.
In 1947, Soviets arrested him for refusing to betray the Church.
Tortured, interrogated, never broke.
Died in Vladimir prison. Buried in an unmarked grave.

2/ He worked in the monastery kitchen, wore rags, slept on an iron bed.
Abbot of Univ Lavra. Adviser to his brother, Metropolitan Andrey.
Secretly ordained bishop. A pillar of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church during terror and war.

1/ Nov 17, 1869: Kazimier Sheptytsky, later monk Klymentiy, was born in Prylbichi.
Aristocrat. Lawyer. MP in the Austro-Hungarian parliament.
Then he walked away from it all. Chose monastic poverty, prayer, and quiet service to Ukraine.

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3/ Makukh’s protest inspired Jan Palach, Romas Kalanta, Musa Mamut.
The first modern act of self-immolation in Europe.
Buried in Dnipro. Honored in memory.
His message still burns: Ukraine must be free. russia must be defeated.

2/ Makukh, a former UPA fighter, spent years in Siberian camps.
Barred from returning home, he carried Ukraine’s pain until the end.
As he lay dying, a doctor said, “Your kids will be orphans.”
Makukh replied: “...Right now, we are all orphans. Ukraine is an orphan.”

1/ Nov 5, 1968. Kyiv. Political prisoner Vasyl Makukh sets himself on fire on Khreshchatyk.
“Down with the colonizers! Long live a free Ukraine!” he cries as flames consume him.
A lone act of defiance against Russification and Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

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Oct 27 - Nov 4, 1937: Soviets executed 1,111 Solovetsky prisoners in Sandarmokh.
Among them - Zerov, Kurbas, Kulish, Pidmohylnyi.
Ukrainian culture decapitated in cold blood.
236 mass graves.
10,000+ murdered.
Remember.
Name the killer: Moscow.

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3/ Commander Roman Shukhevych wrote:

“The UPA’s fight on two fronts - against Hitler & Stalin - was a battle for Ukraine’s "to be or not to be".”

2/ The first UPA units formed in Volyn & Polissya under Taras Borovets (“Bulba”) to defend Ukrainians from both Nazi & Soviet occupiers.

In 1947, the Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council officially declared Oct 14 the UPA Day.

1/ On October 14, 1942, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was founded, on the Feast of Pokrova, the Cossack patron saint, symbolizing continuity from the Cossack Hetmanate to the modern struggle for Ukraine.

Soviet movies as a tool of Russian colonialism In addition to serving as advertisements for the Soviet system and government, Soviet films deliberately promoted all things Russian, while …

Soviet cinema was a tool of Russian colonialism. Under the guise of entertainment, films promoted Moscow and imposed Russian culture while marginalizing others.

Our analysis reveals how this cultural imperialism worked.

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"Look closely, America...!"
A leaflet from the 1950s distributed by the Ukrainian diaspora in the U.S.
Ukrainians were warning the world about Moscow’s imperialism 70 years ago.

A mother and her daughters.
Uman, early 20th century.

2/ To honor his legacy, in 2019 PEN Ukraine established the Heorhiy Gongadze Prize – awarded to journalists who embody integrity, courage, and commitment to the profession.
We remember Gongadze and every reporter who risks everything to keep the truth alive. 💙💛

1/ 25 years ago today, September 16, 2000, journalist Heorhiy Gongadze, founder of Ukraiinska Pravda, was abducted and murdered.
His fearless reporting exposed corruption and helped shape independent Ukrainian media.

On 9/11 we remember every life lost.
It was the only time NATO invoked Article 5.
Ukraine’s parliament declared solidarity and offered moral, technical & military support.
Over 5,000 Ukrainians served in Iraq, the 3rd-largest Coalition force.

2/ He also backed the Mariinsky Orphanage and parish schools, leaving a legacy of care for education and the most vulnerable.
The Tereshchenko dynasty also gave Kyiv an art gallery that became the foundation of today’s museums.