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

№3, (2006)

07.02.2006 - 00:00

Behind the veil of mystery

Where’s Zalizniak, that soul sincere?Where does he rest at last? The times are foul! The hangman reigns, And none recalls the past. (Taras Shevchenko, “The Haidamaks”) The national-liberation...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

A bag of goodies

The following letter arrived at the office of Larysa Ivshyna. Dear Larysa, I am writing to you from Kuwait. My name is Vsevolod Palahin, a Ukrainian government official on temporary assignment abroad...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

Aboard a “penguin” to the South Pole

The Penguin-MS is the name of a unique velo-ark invented by Leonid Mykula, a celebrated adventurer from Kharkiv, who plans to travel on his invention to the South Pole this year. Mykula, 63, is...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

Catalyst of integration

In late January, when a Ukrainian government delegation was visiting the Slovak Republic, Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda gave his Ukrainian counterpart Yuriy Yekhanurov “Proposals on Helping Ukraine...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

Isn’t there bilingualism in our country?

Several years ago, when I was talking with the Finnish painter Harri Junnila, I asked him where he had learned such good Russian. Junnila explained that he wanted to study Swedish in school, but that...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

Who betrayed whom?

“Treason” has always been one of the most commonly used words in the vocabulary of Ukrainian politicians. Sometimes, however, it is applied to those who do not deserve this appellation. The t-...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

One more expectation

Every now and then, announcements about splashy projects accompany the very cautious and timid enlivening of the filmmaking process in Ukraine. Last week the cinematographic community was told about...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

Factor of cultural action

Interfax Ukraine reports that at its first session the President’s National Council on Culture and Spirituality supported the idea to establish a state center combining a research institute,...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

Ice that warms

The cast members of Sergei Ryzhkov’s “Moscow Circus on Ice” are between the ages of 16 and 30. The budget is fantastic: six million dollars and the show’s creator says it is unmatched in the world....
07.02.2006 - 00:00

Interpol to help the Central Election Commission?

Yaroslav Davydovych, the head of the Central Election Commission has urged the National Interpol Bureau in Ukraine to furnish information about those registered as parliamentary candidates, www....
07.02.2006 - 00:00

Frozen country

On a quiet, sunny, and bitterly cold morning, passersby hurrying on their way to work or the grocery store glanced in horror at the motionless figure of a man lying spread-eagled on the trampled snow...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

We and the empire

In this second installment of Stanislav Kulchytsky’s study of world empires and their role in Ukraine’s history, the historian focuses on the Russian Empire. Continued from the previous issue...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

Ivan Honchar’s Ukraine and Ukrainians

An exhibit called “Ivan Honchar the Collector,” commemorating the 95th anniversary of the birth of this renowned civic and cultural figure, sculptor, painter, and Ukrainian folk art specialist, has...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

This week in history

February 7 1919. The Council of People’s Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR decreed to form the “workers’ and peasants’ militia” (police). 1995. The Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership...
07.02.2006 - 00:00

How expensive is a theater outing in Kyiv?

With television, and now the Internet, gaining in popularity, the demise of the theater has been predicted with increasing persistence. However, television programs will probably never replace the...

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