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Welcome to our educational resource hub on Ukraine—a country rich in history, culture, and resilience.
Ukraine’s “Executed Renaissance”
By Sara Thompson Introduction Between the end of the First World War and the Great Purge of the mid-1930s, there emerged in Ukraine a loose association of modernist novelists, playwrights, and poets who have, by more recent critics, been termed the “Executed Renaissance.” The men and women who comprised this cohort were artistically diverse, their works spanning contemporary artistic movements
Information Note on the maritime export suspension
By The Ukrainian Agri Council (UAC) The critical deterioration of conditions in the agricultural sector caused by the suspension of vessel calls at Ukrainian Black Sea ports requires an urgent response. According to forecast calculations, without immediate decisions, the port blockade will rapidly lead to a liquidity crisis, a reduction in sown areas, and the loss of production capacity in
Lowercase “r” in “russia” – What does this mean in Ukrainian culture and diaspora?
By Ke Cook The Start At the start of 2022, Ukraine entered a war that was started by a russian invasion. Many people were killed as a result of this. As of now, thousands of civilians in the country have been injured or massacred. While the numbers are expected to be higher than this count, the assumption is that there have been 16,431
Briefing: Russia’s Tech Authoritarianism on the Occupied Territories of Ukraine
By Yulia Brockdorf A Report on Digital Repression, Information Control, and Strategic Implications A photo courtesy Maxym Beznosiuk. Used with permission June 25, 2026 — A high-level briefing convened by the Helsinki Commission brought together leading experts to examine russia's comprehensive system of digital authoritarianism in occupied Ukrainian territories. Alanna Novetsky, Communications Associate at the Commission for Security and
Step Forward: Cuba and Alaska
By Yulia Brockdorf "When they asked me what the war is, I answer without hesitation: its names." — Maxim Daly, soldier-poet Somewhere in the eastern part of Ukraine, a woman named Yulia is treating a wounded soldier. Her call sign is Cuba. She is a fashion designer by training, a combat medic by choice, and in the years covered by
Ethno Singer Inna Kovtun’s New Album “Knyahynia” is a Melodic Expedition Across Ukraine
By Inna Kovtun Inna Kovtun is DAWN’s Director of Health Equity and Culture. She is a Ukrainian singer, folklorist, ethnographer, and cultural advocate. She is recognized as a Culture Keeper through the University of Oregon’s Oregon Folklife Network. Inna is also the first Ukrainian in the United States to receive the prestigious national Taproot Fellowship from the Alliance for California
Orthodox Easter in Ukraine
By Rein Deaton Acknowledgement: With thanks to Fr. Volodymyr Yavorskyi, a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and the pastor of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Portland, Oregon. --------------------- As the chill of winter begins to give way to the fresh life of spring, Christians around the world celebrate Easter and the resurrection of
Taras Shevchenko: Ukraine’s Literary Freedom Fighter
By Clara Hayden Taras Shevchenko was a prolific Ukrainian poet and artist whose work expressed a deep love for Ukraine and its people, and this depth is reflected in his emotive and vivid portrayal of their oppression and impassioned calls for a brighter future through liberation. In the 19th century, Ukraine was under tsarist russia’s control, which suppressed Ukrainian cultural
Valeriia Vovk’s Ukrainian Music as Cultural Advocacy
By Kevin Patterson “When I sing in Ukrainian, I feel more real” When the full-scale invasion of Ukraine happened four years ago, Odesa-born music student Valeriia Vovk wasn’t entirely clear how she could make a contribution. The singer-songwriter-musician says, “I would go anywhere I was invited to just play and be a part of different events, fundraisers. I