The impact of Ukrainian writers extends far beyond Ukraine's borders, as their books are embraced by readers worldwide.
Meet Ivan Franko , who was preaching and fighting for the principles and values described in his poems. He stated the need for Ukrainian people to stand up for themselves and their culture, to fight for freedom despite poverty, hardship, and political uncertainty.
Meet Lesya Ukrainka , who reconceived the present through the prism of the world history and mythology. The permanent message of her works was to induce people to wake up from the dream, to throw off the yoke and be free.
Explore the creation of an entire school of Orientalism in Ukraine with Ahatanhel Krymsky
, the publisher of Ukrainian Grammar works, Notes from the History of the Ukrainian Language, and The Dialect of Ancient Kyiv.
Poetry by Vasyl Stus
is as worthy of recognition as his biography. He is rightfully regarded as a genius and one of the greatest Ukrainian poets of all time. Stus was invited to lecture abroad and even nominated for a Nobel Prize.
Meet Olha Kobylianska
, known as one of the most significant Ukrainian modernist writers and an active participant in the women’s emancipation movement.
This first original secular thinker is considered the founder of Ukrainian philosophy, as well as one of the most famous poets of the 18th century - Hryhorii Skovoroda .
Her name is carved in Ukrainian history, not only a great artist, author, poet, and even a patriot, who bravely stood with her country till her last days. Learn the story about Olena Teliha
's life.
Meet a key figure of Ukrainian literary culture, Taras Shevchenko
, often called simply Kobzar. He is a folk singer who performed historical poems and religious and moralistic songs accompanied by the kobza instrument.
Thanks to his poem Eneida
, Ivan Kotlyarevsky
is regarded as the founder of the modern Ukrainian language. Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine's greatest poet, called Kotliarevsky his father.
Learn why Marko Vovchok
, or Mariia Vilinska originally, took on a pseudonym in the form of a man's name and how she challenged gender norms and amplified women's voices in Ukrainian literature.
Ukraine boasts a rich and diverse museum environment that reflects its fascinating history, art, and culture. From ancient archaeological treasures to contemporary art exhibitions, these museums provide a captivating glimpse into the country's heritage and creative spirit.
Feel this atmosphere of the ancient city intertwined with the most modern interactive and 3D technologies in the Ancient Lviv Museum . The museum is located in one of the largest dungeons in the city.
Explore the great historical epochs - from the Paleolithic to the late Middle Ages and modern times with Museum of the I. Krypiakevych Institute 's artefacts. The materials exhibited in them represent archaeological monuments of different periods of time in western Ukraine.
Discover Kyiv Oblast's ancient history: from Stone Age to Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Trypillian culture, Bronze Age, Scythian era, early Slavs, Kyivan Rus', Cossack era, and ethnographic exhibits of the late 19th and early 20th centuries with Kyiv Archaeological Museum
.
See 100 realistic three-dimensional sculptures of historical figures of Ukraine from different eras and spheres of life, who contributed to the establishment of the Ukrainian nation and statehood in the Museum of the Establishment of the Nation
.
Visit the museum of life and work of Andriy Malyshko
, Ukrainian poet, translator, and literary critic. Here are family photos, documents, films, books, and paintings from the family collection, the poet's personal belongings, such as the typewriter and his work table.
Feel the special rituals, cultural practices, ceremonies, faiths, and heritage of the Ukrainian populace observed by Ukrainians spanning from the late 19th century to the 20th century at Museum of Ukrainian Rites .
See the museum's collection that started with archaeological materials and grew to 36,000 units in a short time. The Museum of the History of Kyiv
has over 280,000 museum items now, including archaeological finds from the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Trypillian culture.
Get back to April 1986, when almost 3/4 of Europe was contaminated with radioactive caesium with the artefacts of Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum.
Walk around Pyrohiv National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine
- an architectural and landscape complex, an open-air museum including around 300 pieces of traditional architecture.
Feel the atmosphere of the poetic classroom of Hryhoriy Skovoroda times, with rows of wooden tables and benches for his students. Hryhoriy Skovoroda is one of the greatest Ukrainian philosophers, theologians, and poets of all time.
Still life "Watermelon, carrots, flowers"' was created in 1951 by Kateryna Bilokur in Naïve Art (Primitivism) style.
Peonies were one of Kateryna Bilokur's favorite flowers - she painted them throughout her life.
In several paintings of the 1950s, Bilokur seemed to plunge the stems, leaves and flowers of fully bloomed peonies into dense darkness.
Watermelon, Carrots, Flowers by Kateryna Bilokur
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