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view of the site of the explosion in Tunguska
The Tunguska Mystery Explosion
Billboard of Nursultan Nazarbayev in Kazakhstan, 2015.
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Democratization Shell Game
Moskvitch 3 vehicles roll off the assembly line at JSC Moscow Automobile Plant Moskvitch, 2022.
Sanctions on Russia: Impact and Efficacy
A pro-union demonstration in Romania, 2009. The flag translates to "Moldova Our Sister"
Moldova and Romania: A Long and Complicated Relationship
Ilya Repin's late 19th-century painting, "The Zaporozhian Cossacks Replying to the Sultan"
The Cossacks, Ukraine’s Paradigmatic Warriors
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag by Yevgeny Khaldei (1945).
The Living Ghosts of the Second World War and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, signs the tomos (January 5, 2019) that officially established the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and granted it autocephaly.
The Religious Roots of the War in Ukraine
Unification council of Orthodox Church in Ukraine, 2018.
The Religious Roots of the War in Ukraine
Zaporizhians by Józef Brandt, unknown date.
The Cossacks, Ukraine’s Paradigmatic Warriors
Vladimir Putin seated and surrounded by military officers
World War II Memory in Putin's Russia
portrait of Shevchenko by Ukrainian artist Ilia Shulha, titled Taras Shevchenko Returning from Exil by Boat.
Taras Shevchenko, Poet of Ukraine
In this 1919 caricature, Ukrainians are surrounded by a Bolshevik (to the north, man with hat and red star), a Russian White Army soldier (to the east, with Russian eagle flag and a short whip), and to the west a Polish soldier, a Hungarian (in pink uniform) and two Romanian soldiers. Wikimedia Commons https://theconversation.com/ukraine-as-a-borderland-a-brief-history-of-ukraines-place-between-europe-and-russia-178168
Ukraine in War and Revolution
UNR postcard (ca. 1918), Ukrainians face invading Russia. Caption: “Our enemies die like the dew in the sun and we brothers will rule in our turn.” From the author’s collection.
Ukrainian Independence: From Versailles 1 to Versailles 2
a man harvesting wheat - Lviv, Ukraine 1991 Wheat Harvest on Collective Farm 1991 by Manhhai, Flickr, cc-by 2.0
Ukraine: The Breadbasket of Europe
ancient Vikings
Rus Not Russia
The National Crest of Transnistria.
Transnistria: The History Behind the Russian-backed Region
A group of Kyiv civilians gather in a basement downtown to make Molotov Cocktails to be used against Russian troops in Kyiv, Ukraine, 2022.
Ukraine in War and Revolution
The Taras Shevchenko monument in Borodyanka, Ukraine damaged by the Russian attack, April 2022.
Taras Shevchenko, Poet of Ukraine
A wheat field in Ukraine resembles the colors on the country's flag.
Ukraine: The Breadbasket of Europe
The Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Rus not Russia
Ukrainian soldier with blue and yellow ribbon overlay
Understanding the War in Ukraine: Insights from the Recent Past, 1991—Present
Ukrainian refugees sheltering beneath a bridge in Kyiv, March 5, 2022.
“The Tragedy Has Never Left Us.” On the War in Ukraine
Statue and Ukrainian Flag
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine
image of Mendeleev with periodic table of elements in background
Mendeleev's Periodic Table