Tracing the History Of Odessa’s Rock Movement
Is there such a phenomenon as an “Odessa sound” in post-Soviet rock n roll? In the same way there was a distinct Chicago sound...
Making Modernism: Tracking The Burliuk Family In Odessa
The Burliuk brothers are known as exemplars of high modernism, but the story of the rest of the talented family is less known. This...
How Can We Return the Richters to Ukraine?
The year 2015 marked the 100th anniversary of Sviatoslav Richter’s birth. Richter’s native city did not let the moment pass by. All over Odessa,...
In Memory Of Orest Subtelny – Founding Father Of Modern Ukrainian History
The Canadian academic introduced millions of post-Soviet Ukrainians to formerly supressed aspects of the Ukrainian national story and helped lay the foundations for a...
In Search Of Mykola Bazhan’s Legacy On The Eve Of Commemorations Of Babyn Yar
Mykola Platonovich Bazhan (1904-1983) was one of the greatest Ukrainian poets of the twentieth century. He cemented his literary reputation in the 1920’s as...
How Odessa Brought Football to the Tsarist Empire
Ever since Tsarist times, Odessa has been famed as a capital of comedy, commerce, criminality and cosmopolitanism, but it is also the place where...
Ernst Neizvestny’s Legacy In Odessa
The great Russian-American sculptor Ernst Neizvestny’s passing in New York City at the age of 91 truly brings an epoch to a closing. The...
Vitaly Chernoivanenko On Jewish Studies In Ukraine
Vitaly Chernoivanenko is an associate professor at the Department of History at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and co-director of the M.A. program...
“Babyn Yar: History And Memory”: A Book About More Than The Past
The book “Babyn Yar: History and Memory” appeared just before the 75th anniversary of the tragedy that took place in Babyn Yar during the...
A Short History Of Jewish Political Parties In Ukraine
Jewish political parties in Ukraine were partisan, ideological, fragmented, and ultimately crushed. But they left an indelible mark on Jewish history.
The notion of “political...
