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Ukrainian studies

A visitor takes in the painting “Red Sunset," by Mariupol painter Arkhyp Kuindzhi. 

Art historians debate identity of iconic Mariupol painter

Ukraine

Arkhyp Kuindzhi is a revered artist who was born in the Russian empire. He was from Mariupol, which is now part of the modern Ukrainian state, sparking a debate among art historians: Should he be considered a Ukrainian or a Russian artist?

Some Ukrainian students were evacuated from Ukraine thanks to a Czech circus company, Cirk La Putyka. “Boom," a performance they took to Edinburgh, was rewritten to reflect the students’ perspectives of war and displacement.

A bittersweet experience for Ukrainian artists at Edinburgh Festival

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Students at the Warsaw Ukrainian School (SzkoUA), in Warsaw, Poland, sing during an English lesson.

‘Their lives collided with war’: Ukrainian refugees in Poland open their own schools

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Sepia-toned illustration showing roosters trying to put out a fire in a hut

Libraries around the world are helping safeguard Ukrainian books and culture

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Some 160 Ukrainian refugees — mostly women and young children — are being housed at a shelter in Calais while they wait for their visas to go to the UK.

Ukrainian refugees trying to get to the UK are stuck in the French port city of Calais 

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A cityscape view from onion domes

Spellcheck beware: Ukraine’s capital is #KyivNotKiev

Identity

The United States Board on Geographic Names will officially list the capital of Ukraine as Kyiv, not Kiev. It’s the result of years of advocacy by the Ukrainian government to popularize the Ukrainian spelling. But why does it matter?

Activists of the Svoboda (Freedom) Ukrainian nationalist party hold torches as they take part in a rally to mark the 105th year since the birth of Stepan Bandera, one of the founders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), in Kiev. The portra

There’s powerful history in the slurs that Ukrainians and pro-Russian separatists are slinging at each other

Lifestyle & Belief

Neighbors in eastern Ukraine are splitting between those who support Ukraine’s government and separatists who want to join with Russia. And if you listen carefully to the insults they are hurling back and forth, you can hear the echoes of history.Neighbors in eastern Ukraine are splitting between those who support Ukraine’s government and separatists who want to join with Russia. And if you listen carefully to the insults they are hurling back and forth, you can hear the echoes of history.

Maidan

Ukraine’s interim prime minister accuses Russia of wanting to start World War III

Global Politics

With his country battling pro-Russian separatists in the east, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk drops some loaded language into the international debate. But are they fighting words, or words designed to evoke sympathy for Ukraine?

Maidan

Ukraine’s interim prime minister accuses Russia of wanting to start World War III

Global Politics

With his country battling pro-Russian separatists in the east, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk drops some loaded language into the international debate. But are they fighting words, or words designed to evoke sympathy for Ukraine?

Mexican youth are telling the government to keep its hands off their cell phone signals

Global Scan

Mexico looks to have NSA-like plans in mind with its new telecommunications reform proposal. And that’s not sitting well with some of the country’s youth. Plus, the pro-Russia eastern regions of Ukraine have turned out to be a dangerous place for independent reporters. And a film controversy in China, in today’s Global Scan.