1. A Thousand Years of Christianity in Ukraine. An encyclopedic chronology / Тисяча років християнства в Україні. Енциклопедична хронологія

 

This is the first book to present the history of Christianity in Ukraine in simple chronological form.

Heretofore, this history has been dismembered, its component facts scattered among various accounts of Russian or Polish, Catholic or Orthodox history, often in a light unfavorable to Ukraine or ignoring her altogether. The purpose of this book is to reassemble these facts in simple, objective form, so that the general reader as well as the scholar may consider Ukrainian church history as a coherent whole.

It would be quixotic to attempt to separate Christian history from political history. Christian history is primarily the history of Christian Churches, and Churches are by their nature both divine and human institutions. As a human institution, every Church interacts with other institutions in society, and thus participates in political life. Indeed, throughout much of the history of Europe, Churches themselves have played major roles on the political stage. Furthermore, as an institution every Church also has its internal political life.

 

2. ANDRUSIW / Андрусів

 

Modern Ukrainian art outside Ukraine shows all the features of normal development, because the needs of life themselves have caused the emergence of various styles and trends, from realistic to abstract.

Both have their ardent supporters and opponents. However, stating this will not say much, because what is important is not the styles and trends recognized and fashionable at a certain time, but the personal talent of the artist and the ability to manifest themselves in the direction he has chosen. An abnormal situation for an artist arises when he is forced to create in an unloved? imposed style (as is the case today in socialist realist art in Ukraine) or when, due to lack of time or means, he is unable to complete his work as he would like. It also happens that an artist is forced by circumstances to create in the same way, to repeat himself and to oppress his conscience.  In the conditions of Ukrainian emigration, where the artist is very often at the mercy of a foreign consumer, the problem of adapting his art to the demands and needs of that consumer also arises. After all, a given artist is constantly burdened with the duty of satisfying the aesthetic needs of his society, developing its taste and true understanding of art.

 

3. Anne K. Howard. Ascape from Mariupol / Енн К. Говард. Втеча з Маріуполя

 

In early 2022, life in the port city of Mariupol, Ukraine was safe and predictable for Adoriana Marik. The 31-year-old tattoo artist loved walking her dog by the seaside and meeting friends at cafes and public gardens. But all that changed on February 24, 2022, when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his “special military operation.” Adoriana was forced to hide in a filthy network of basements and underground tunnels. For more than a month, under deafening round-the-clock bombardment, she huddled with little food or water, and no heat, surrounded by groans from the sick and the smell of death.

She decided to escape.

ESCAPE FROM MARIUPOL: A Survivor’s True Story is the tale of her perilous journey to freedom, an incredible tale of a brave young woman’s indomitable will to survive. As told to award-winning author Anne K. Howard, the book is a must-read for those who appreciate tales of extraordinary courage.

4. Anton Dovbush. ANTONOV COLLECTIBLES. Little stories of great aviation / Антон Довбуш. ANTONOV COLLECTIBLES. Маленькі історії великої авіації

 

The Museum of the History of the State Enterprise “ANTONOV” was founded in 1967 on the personal initiative of the General Designer O. K. Antonov. Over the past five and a half decades, its funds have accumulated a unique collection of full-scale exhibits, original archival documents, photographic and cinematic materials, reflecting all stages of the development and activity of the famous aircraft-building enterprise, as well as the history of the creation of serial and experimental types of “AN” aircraft. This book is based on these materials.

 

5. ATLAS OF UKRAINIANS IN THE UNITEB STATES. Demographic and Socio-economic Characterisrics / АТЛАС УКРАЇНЦІВ У СПОЛУЧЕНИХ ШТАТАХ. Демографічні та соціально-економічні характеристики

 

This Atlas is one of the main achievements of the Center for Demographic and Socio-economic Research of Ukrainians in the United States. The Center was co-founded in 2010 by the author and Vasyl Lopukh as a research unit of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US. Steady support by the Society and generous donations from the community allowed the Center to develop a comprehensive database that provided the necessary inputs for the Atlas.

 

6. Case Studies: Persecution/Genocide. The Human Rights Series Volume lll / Тематичні дослідження: Переслідування/Геноцид. Серія про права людини, том III

 

This volume represents a continuation of the study of those factors that lead to persecutions and acts of genocide. As students read the materials included in the case studies, they should be referred to the organizing concepts discussed in Teaching About the Holocaust and Genocide: In-troduction, Volume I. Unit I in that volume defines the following five concepts as they apply to the roots of intolerance and persecution: denial of reality, indifference, prejudicial attitudes, conformity, and obedience to authority. Students will reapply these concepts as they study about the Forced Famine in Ukraine and the actions of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. These case studies serve as only a sample of the persecutions and genocidal acts that students might learn about. Teachers should continue to develop and expand these case studies as additional materials become available. Teachers should also identify other case studies of persecutions and genocidal acts that students might study.

 

7. Chernobyl Reportage (in Russian) / Чорнобильський Репортаж (російською мовою)

 

Dnipro, Pripyat, Ukrainian Polissya… The places are surprisingly beautiful. Before that fateful day of April 26, they were a place of rest for thousands of people. But there are no fishermen in this picture, taken in the spring of 1986, and no boats are visible – in those tense May days and then, in the summer, and even in the fall, there was no time for fishing.

The river was saved. The main thing was to prevent radiation from getting into the water. To prevent the possibility of spreading terrible and invisible death along Pripyat and the Dnieper. And only those who were connected with this most difficult work appeared on the river banks.

But the apples, the gifts of the Chernobyl gardens, were not dared to be picked. These fruits brought disaster. Radioactive dust settled on the leaves and fruits. And so the harvest remained unharvested.

 

8. S. Umantsev. Art of Ancient Ukraine / Ф. С. Уманцев. Мистецтво Давньої України

 

The book examines the patterns of development of Ukrainian art in the period from the 13th century to the middle of the 18th century. Its types are characterized as architecture, sculpture, wall painting, icon painting, portrait painting, graphics, folk painting. The processes of formation of national traditions and formation of the Ukrainian (Cossack) Baroque style are highlighted.

For art historians, as well as a wide range of readers interested in Ukrainian art.

 

9. Fedir Krychevsky / Федір Кричевський

 

THE NAME OF FEDІR HRYHOROVICH KRYCHEVSKY is inseparable from the Ukrainian artistic culture of the first half of the 20th century. In the constellation of prominent artists of the pre-revolutionary and Soviet times, he occupies one of the leading places as an outstanding master of genre and portrait painting.

Krychevsky’s multifaceted activity reflects important stages in the development of Ukrainian fine arts, in which he always played a leading role. His creativity is imbued with a powerful sense of life, an unfading love for man, his native land and nature – these immortal human qualities he embodied in his works with the passionate energy of a humanist, with all the power of his bright pictorial talent.

 

10. History of Ukrainian costume / Історія українського костюма

 

History of Ukrainian Costume contains a brief and systemized look at the history of costumes in Ukraine from the times of the Scythians up to the end of the 17th century.

The text has been drawn from various Ukrainian-language publications, but in the main from An Outline of the History of Costumes by K. Stamerov.

The book deals with the costumes worn during three distinct periods in Ukrainian history: the Scythian period, the times of Ancient Rus’ and the Cossack era.

Using various descriptive material, an attempt has been made to recreate a picture of the historical development of the Ukrainian costume, an indivisible part of the material culture of the Ukrainian people. The chapter dealing with 15-17th century Ukraine is especially valuable in that it examines a broad regional and social cross-section of the populace, yet still adheres to meticulous detail.

The numerous line illustrations by M. Hrokh and B. Tulin, and in particular the lavish plates by Christina Senkiw made especially for this edition, will certainly give the reader a vivid picture of how people, both rich and poor, dressed throughout Ukraine’s history.

 

11. Hryhoriy Skovoroda. Our life is a journey / Григорій Сковорода. Життя наше – це подорож

 

The uniqueness of the publication lies in the fact that for the first time, the literary works of the outstanding philosopher are collected in one book in their entirety, with the addition of aphorisms selected by the compiler from various texts (both literary and philosophical), which reach the heights of aphorisms. The book contains a thorough investigation by V. Shevchuk of the literary heritage of I. Skovoroda and a biography written by the philosopher’s student M. Kovalynsky. All texts are presented in translation into modern literary language, taking into account caesuras. A caesura is a space in the middle of a line in a syllabic poem. It (the space) was intended to allow a pause when reading. The system of illustrations reflects the visual vision of the world of the 18th century.

 

 

12. Irene Zabytko. The sky Unwashed

 

Early on an April Saturday in 1986 in a farm village in Ukraine, widow Marusia Petrenko and her family awake to a day of traditional wedding preparations. Marusia bakes her famous wedding bread—a korovai—in the communal village oven to take to her neighbor’s granddaughter’s recep-tion. Late that night, after all the dancing and drinking, Marusia’s son Yurko leaves for his shift at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl.

In the morning, the air has a strange metallic taste. The cat is oddly listless. The priest doesn’t show up for services. Yurko doesn’t come home from work. Nobody knows what’s happened (and they won’t for many days), but things have changed for the Petrenkos-forever.

Inspired by true events, this unusual, unexpected novel tells how-and why—Marusia defies the Soviet government’s permanent evacuation of her deeply contaminated village and returns to live out her days in the only home she’s ever known. Alone in the deserted town, she struggles up into the church bell tower to ring the bells twice every day just in case someone else has returned. And they have, one by one. In the end, five intrepid old women—the village babysi band together for survival and to confront the Soviet officials responsible for their fate. And, in the midst of desolation, a tenacious hold on life chimes forth.

Poignant and truthful and triumphant, this timeless story is about ordinary people who do more than simply “survive.”

 

13. G. Skrypnyk, N. P. Dziatkivsky. Proper names of people / Л. Г. Скрипник, Н. П. Дзятківський. Власні імена людей

 

How did our names come about? What sources have nourished and nourish their composition? What processes in naming newborns are we observing today? Where are names recorded? What is new in the study of names? The reader will find answers to these and other questions in the proposed Dictionary-Reference.

 

14. Lesia Kot-Samp. The Artificial Famine 1932-1982 / Леся Кот-Самп. Штучний голод 1932-1982 рр

 

The passage of time dims our memories and numbs the visions of our history. Living in a country dedicated to individuality and freedom, the famine of fifty years ago is difficult to comprehend.

May this be a continuous reminder of the millions of our countrymen that perished during the Artificial Famine — and in memory, we bow our heads.

 

15. Tahir, JR. HNIZDOVSKY WOODCUTS,1944-1975 / М. Тахір, мл. ГНІЗДОВСЬКИЙ ДЕРЕВО ГРАВЮРИ,1944-1975

 

Inventive, appealing, possessing wit, and reflecting remarkable craftsmanship – such are the works of Jacques Hniz-dovsky, one of a handful of contemporary American masters of the woodcut.

Whether executing woodblocks of great complexity – likened by one critic to the precision products of a Swiss jeweler – or of intimate simplicity, Hniz-dovsky has contributed significantly to the resurgence of printmaking as a widely enjoyed and avidly collected art form This catalogue raisonné reproduces all 219 woodcuts and linocuts printed by the artist since 1944. Throughout this collection there runs an unmistakable thread – a striking faithfulness of the literal truth.

Every leaf of a tree, every feather of a bird is painstakingly but surely inscribed.

In all his works, shape and detail complement each other in an elegant manner, whether the subject be landscapes, ani-mals, birds, trees, or flowers.

Hnizdovsky stylizes the world of nature – both fauna and flora – into almost heraldic patterns, perfecting the simple visual images of his craft.

It would be difficult to imagine, for example, a more stunning scene than his Field

(1962), or a more intriguing beast than his Zebra (1970), or a more majestic fowl than his Bald Eagle ( 1975), the latter described by Peter A. Wick as worthy of the national emblem.

 

16. Marie Halun Bloch. Ukrainian Folk Tales / Марі Халун Блох. Українські народні казки

 

This collection of Ukrainian folklore was originally published in London in the early 1960s. Hippocrene Books is pleased to bring this unique and charming book back into print for a whole new generation of readers.

In this volume will be found not only many of the familiar ingredients of folklore, but many surprising Slavic twists as well.

These tales are from the famed original collections of Ivan Rudchenko, Ukrainian ethnographer and Maria Lukiyanenko, Ukrainian historian and teacher. Marie Halun Bloch’s translation has preserved the rhythms and repetitions of the traditional form, mak- ing these tales ideal for storytelling or reading aloud, but few possessors of this book will ever be able to think of them apart from the witty and decorative woodcuts of J. Hnizdovsky.

 

17. Marte Pisetska Farley. Festive Ukrainian Cooking Марте Пісецька Фарлі. Святкова українська кухня

 

In the old Ukraine, cuisine was a highly developed art form. Traditional cookery, here evoked in a comprehensive and well-researched assortment of menus and rec-ipes, reflected the productivity of a rich farming and sheepraising region, celebrated the festivals in the church calendar, and marked important family milestones — births, christenings, name days, betrothals, weddings, and commemorations of the dead.

In addition to precise instructions designed for the modern kitchen, thirty-eight drawings illustrate the correct technique for filling dumplings and cabbage rolls and the artistry involved in baking the famous Ukrainian Easter paska and fancifully embellished wedding breads. An authoritative reference section and note on sources will be an aid to scholars and all concerned with the preservation of Ukrainian culture.

Far more than a cookbook, Festive Ukrainian Cooking is also a definitive account of traditional Ukrainian culture as perpetuated in family rituals and lovingly celebrated with elegantly prepared food and drink.

 

18. Michael Haritan Chernobyl: AFTERMATH OF THE WORLDS GREATEST NUCLEAR DISASTER / Майкл Харітан Чорнобиль: НАСЛІДКИ НАЙБІЛЬШОЇ ЯДЕРНОЇ КАТАСТРОФИ СВІТУ

 

This book is part memoir, part documentory photography book, part human-interest story. Inside you’ll discouer how a volunteer trip to teach English to middle-school students in western UKRAINE turned into a self-initioted 7+ year passion project to bring this book to life for Chernobyl enthusiasts around the world as well as readers who want to know more about aftermath of this horrific disaster.

Included inside are:

• Over 400 color photos artfully crofted through the eyes of a professional photogropher;
• Real, untold stories and photos from the people at ground gero of the most destructiue
• man-made catastrophe in human history (including touching yet haunting images of
• the children who have been placed in a state-run psychiatric institution);
• Exclusive interviews from Chernobyl refugees and the babas still living there;
• How the disasteris still ffecting the natural habitat in the area 37 years later
• and will continue to do so for thousands of years to come).

 

19. Pavlo Zaitsev. Taras Shevchenko / Павло Зайцев. Тарас Шевченко

 

Taras Shevchenko is undoubtedly Ukraine’s greatest literary genius and national hero. His extraordinary life-story is recounted in this classic work by Pavlo Zaitsev. Born in 1814, the son of a poor serf, Shevchenko succeeded in winning his freedom and became an art student in St Petersburg. In 1847 he was arrested for writing revolutionary poetry, forced into the army, and exiled to deserted outposts of the Russian empire to undergo an incredible odyssey of misery for ten years. Zaitsev’s recounting of Shevchenko’s ordeal is a moving portrait of a man able not only to survive extreme suffering but to transform it into poetry that articulated the aspirations of his enslaved nation. To this day Ukrainians observe a national day of mourning each year on the anniversary of Shevchenko’s death.

 

20. Petro Kardash, Serhiy Kot. Glory of the Ukrainian Cossacks / Петро Кардаш,.Сергій Кот. Слава Українського Козацтва

 

The book-album was published in Ukrainian in 1999. The first widely illustrated large-format publication, completely devoted to the history of the Ukrainian Cossacks. In terms of volume and execution, it has no analogues among publications on the Cossack theme. It contains portraits of all hetmans and many Cossack leaders, Cossack flags and jewels, memorable historical Cossack places, unique weapons and things of Cossacks and Cossack officers. which are still preserved in museums of Ukraine, the events of the restoration of the Cossacks in 1917 and 1991-1997. Many of them are reproduced for the first time. The Cossacks are highlighted not only as a historical phenomenon, but also as an important factor in the formation of the Ukrainian mentality and the Ukrainian national idea, which was reflected at different stages of Ukrainian history. The materials were collected and arranged by Petro Kardash and Dr. Serhiy Kot.  About 20 other authors of texts and color photographs were also involved in the work. The book-album has 380 illustrations and 340 pages.

 

21. Student Revolution on Granite / Студенська Революція на граніті

 

Ukraine lives in a rapid and unique time, and with it – all those for whom it is the meaning of life, destiny. Not long ago, the works of Ukrainian dissident writers were published in “Smoloskyp”.

The homeland was behind the walls of the largest prison in the history of mankind, and no matter what time of year, whether the sun was shining or the fog was falling, it seemed that native voices could be heard through the Siberian blizzards and the barking of guard dogs.

But then a miracle happened, the walls fell, Ukraine is free. As if ages of bloody struggles are behind us and are wondering with us: did it really happen? Were we witnesses to this? And it all happened in a matter of years, a matter of months, a matter of days.  And we didn’t feel like we were celebrating the fourth anniversary of independence, and the events of five years ago – the revolution on granite, the student revolution in Kyiv – had become history’s legacy.

The one who said that Ukrainian history should be read with a grain of salt was right. So many black pages, so much grief and despair! And suddenly – such a bright and peaceful page, such a life-affirming and optimistic mood embraces us when we remember the days of October 1990.

From a distance, from a time distance, we now see that the influence of the student speeches on the final choice of Ukraine was decisive. The whole of Ukrainian society became different in those days, something turned upside down in the minds of millions of people. And wasn’t it the first time that the whole world understood that Ukraine could not be held back or stopped. Isn’t that why the agonizing empire did not resort to trying to do it by force?

You can argue, analyze, calculate options.

The time has come for reflection and the first conclusions. And then it was time for action – unrestrained, decisive, desperate. The young generation has passed this test. When you look at these photographs, at the emaciated faces of the starving, at the excited eyes of the demonstrators under the blue-yellow flags, you begin to understand the most important thing – they are the winners.

They are able to be the masters of their fate, the masters of their Ukraine. A revolution has taken place on granite.

Now new trials have come, the economic crisis, crime, and the unsettled life have fallen on the shoulders of these young men and women.

And right now we consider it appropriate and timely to publish a book about October 1990. To maintain faith in oneself, in one’s victory, faith in Ukraine – this is what is needed not only by the young and not only by those living in Ukraine.  We return to this recent past not for triumphs and complacency, we find something important in it – hope. After all, here is our youth.

This is our history. And this is our future.

 

22. Taras Filenko, Tamara Bulat. The World of Mykola Lysenko / Тарас Філенко, Тамара Булат. Світ Миколи Лисенка

 

The World of Mykola Lysenko follows the development of Ukrainian musical culture in the second part of the 19h and early 20h centuries. Questions of ethnic identity, music and politics are discussed in the context of the Ukrainian cultural milieu. The authors profile the founder of the Ukrainian national school of music, Mykola Lysenko, composer, music folklorist, pianist, pedagogue and prominent public figure. A recognized leader among Eastern European ethnomusicologists and composers, Lysenko derived his creative inspiration from songs of his native land and was an ardent promoter of Ukrainian folk music.

Unique photos of public and cultural figures, composers, writers, artists, historians, and ethnographers are featured. Extensive materials reconstruct a broad panorama of the civic and cultural life of Ukraine at the turn of the 20th century. Much of the material presented is published for the very first time.

 

23. The emblems of Ukrainian Towns / Герби Міста України

 

We offer you a unique gift edition, which reflects the development of Ukrainian urban heraldry over many centuries.

The book contains about 450 images of the coats of arms of cities and towns of Ukraine.

They provide an idea of the economy and legal status of cities, in particular, the beginnings and development of urban self-government.

Urban coats of arms are invaluable monuments that testify to the fact that Ukraine has long had traditions of self-organization of urban communities, as well as to the fact that for centuries we have been a country of builders, artisans, a country of cities as centers of economic and spiritual life.

 

24. The world through the eyes of folk artists Ukrainian folk painting of the 13th-20th centuries / Світ очима народних митців Українське Народне Малярство Xlll-XX століття

 

The album reveals to the reader the unique figurative artistic features of the works of masters of Ukrainian folk art. deisus acts, multi-figure compositions, details of iconostases, where the folk interpretation of images is clearly expressed, a departure from church canons, and preference is given. The painters of our time are dominated by themes borrowed from folklore, picturesque folk life, Ukrainian history and literature.

More than 200 color reproductions from the album convincingly illustrate the intransitive truth that folk art is the basis of the foundations of the artistic culture of every people, its soul and inexhaustible potential. art criticism commentary.

 

25. Travelbook Ukraine by Green Penguin Greative Agency / Туристична книга Україна від Green Penguin Creative Agency

 

This book provides the opportunity, both cleverly and amusingly, to briefly acquaint yourself with Ukraine – a country in the geographic heart of Europe, at the crossroads between western and eastern, southern and northern Europe.

Ukraine’s history, spanning a dozen centuries, is rich in pivotal events and achievements. This is also a country of people who several years ago bewildered the world by the astonishing courage and determination in defending its choice for European values. This choice has come at a high cost in human lives.

The Ukrainian people have embraced genuine democracy and an open society.

Its economy, society and most of its political body is adopting the principles and values that underpin the European Union. In this context, it should be remembered that the EU was founded to unite Europe, and to prevent wars between nations from happening again.

 

26. Ukrainian Dumy / Українські Думи

 

A series of original works, collections of primary source materials, and reprints relating to Ukraine, issued under the editorial supervision of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

 

27. Wooden Architecture of the Ukrainian Carpathians / Деревʼяна Архітектура Українських Карпат

 

The absence of the author of this book from this country did not make it easy for the editor to prepare it for publication. Therefore, any shortcomings discerned in this publication should be imputed to the above circumstance, rather than to the lack of concern on the editor’s part.

The system of transliteration used in this publication is that which has been recommended by the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States. For the sake of historical continuity and uniformity the names of the localities in which the wooden structures included in this book stand are listed in Ukrainian and Polish according to Yosyfs’ka 1785-1788 i Frantsyskans’ka 1819-1820 Metryky (The Joseph, 1785-1788, and the Frances, 1819-1820, Registrars, – containing the names of the populated localities of Galicia, the western part of Ukraine, which was acquired by the Hapsburg Monarchy in the partitions of Poland), “Naukova Knyzhka” Kyiv, 1965.

 

 

28. Yefim Mykhailiv / Юхим Михайлів

 

The history of the monograph on the life and work of Yevgeny Mikhailov began somewhere in the late twenties, when the talented art critic Yevgeny Kuzmin decided to write a monograph on Mikhailov. This important work never saw print, never spoke to readers. The fate of Kuzmin’s manuscript is unknown; we only know that he published a considerable article about Mikhailov in the journal “Life and Revolution”, which was perhaps a condensed version of his planned monograph.

 

29. Yuri Komelkov. Ukraine The Best / Юрій Комельков. Україна – найкраще

 

A book of a unique synthetic genre, combining the features of an art album, a biographical dictionary and an educational alphabet. The cultural space of modern Ukraine is presented in the book through short and unexpected essays about 123 of the most prominent figures in the fields of classical and popular music, literature, fine arts, sculpture, theater, ballet, cinema and photography. All of them are united by one thing – an undeniably significant contribution to Ukrainian culture, which every citizen of Ukraine who respects himself and his homeland should know about.