Where there is no law, but every man does what is right in his own eyes, there is the least of real liberty
Henry M. Robert

№28, (2008)

23.09.2008 - 00:00

“Security anchor”

Experts have recently been making forecasts concerning the prospects of gaining the NATO Membership Action Plan by Ukraine and Georgia this December at the meeting of the foreign ministers of the...
23.09.2008 - 00:00

Theater in an insane asylum

In conjunction with The Days of German Culture in Ukraine, the Lesia Ukrainka National Russian Drama Theater, in collaboration with its German colleagues, staged the play The Persecution and...
23.09.2008 - 00:00

Village of Salachyk in the Crimea reveals its secrets

BAKHCHESARAI-SIMFE­ROPOL – In recent years the Bakhchesarai State Historical and Cultural Preserve (BDIKZ) has been engaged in restoration work and rebuilding the museum’s palace and the many...
23.09.2008 - 00:00

Americans helping to save ancient Ukrainian icons

On Sept. 15 the Cultural He­ri­tage Preservation Fund, which is headed by US Ambassador Ex­tra­or­dinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine William Taylor, issued a grant worth $42,800 to restore the...
23.09.2008 - 00:00

The return of great soccer

Ukrainians often compare soccer to theater, and call soccer games “shows.” If one continues the analogy, a good soccer game, like a good theatrical performance, must attract a lot of spectators,...
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This week in history

Sept. 23 1919: A joint session of the Directory and the governments of the Ukrainian National Republic and the Western Ukrainian National Republic resolves to commence immediate hostilities against...
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The pipeline is calling

Ukraine owns one of the world’s most powerful gas transportation systems (HTS). The economic and political revenues from its pipelines, which transport a considerable part of all the oil and gas...
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We need a working class

Recently, the streets of Kyiv and other big cities displayed billboards depicting the “Cede right of way” road sign with its telltale red-rimmed triangle and the image of a black hand inside. The...
23.09.2008 - 00:00

Playing with form

The Ya Gallery has launched its new season with an exhibit of works by the noted Ukrainian sculptor Oleksandr Sukholit. The show is entitled “Clay — the Archaeology of Contemporary Sculpture.“...
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The party of the indignant

The great party of the indifferent has nearly 45 million members out of a total population of 47 million. It is comprised of a huge mass of citizens who live outside politics, do not anticipate...
23.09.2008 - 00:00

<I>The Day</I>’s Library Series: a newspaper in book format

Founded in 2001, The Day‘s Library Series has now grown to eight books. The last one, Dzheims Meis: “Vashi mertvi vybraly mene...” (James Mace: “Your Dead Chose Me”) was launched at the Lviv...
23.09.2008 - 00:00

Vanishing cities

There are probably few adults who do not have fond memories of their childhood, the home in which they grew up, and the schools they attended. Kyiv-Pechersk Gymnasium No. 84, located at 34 Moskovska...
23.09.2008 - 00:00

Ramming attack and loop

(Conclusion. For Part One, see previous issue, No. 27)Petro Nesterov was already convinced, much more so than many other pilots in Russia, of the enormous technological potential of airplanes. While...
23.09.2008 - 00:00

Chekhov meetings

Yalta’s elderly residents and its many visitors remember the decrepit state of the Yalta Theater, which for many years was a terrible eyesore in this Crimean resort city. Despite its former days of...
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Civil society in a Soviet straitjacket

Schools in Ukraine have already begun teaching a subject that focuses on civil society. This is beneficial and necessary, although it would be wrong to say that a civil society in the generally-...

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