The Ukrainian Week

1 August	History	A horror story from the Cossack Hetmanate The crimes and execution of Pavlo Matsapura’s gang that inspired an 18th-century word for villain
17 July	Politics	Freedom, not Free-for-all How the myth that Ukrainians are inclined towards lawlessness is used against them and why a sense of responsibility to your own people is so important
2 March	History	The genesis of Ukrainian conservatism What shaped the aristocratic tradition in politics between the Cossack period and the liberation struggle in 1917-1920
11 January, 2016	History	The Rise and Fall of Russian Wannbes Most of the crimes against Ukrainians have been at the hands of other Ukrainians. What’s important now is to understand how this phenomenon of the Malorosians or Little Russians happened
26 September, 2014	History	The 19th Century in Ukraine: Assimilation Impossible That turbulent period taught Ukrainians that the ideals of national freedom and solidarity must not be squandered on attractive slogans about social equality, “land and freedom” or “land to peasants”
10 September, 2014	Navigator	“For the Freedom of the Ukrainian Nation, For the Peace of Europe” Château de Dinteville preserves the memories of Cossack Hetman Pylyp Orlyk, and his son Hryhir, a French diplomat and a tireless promoter of independence for the Cossack nation
20 September, 2013	History	The Cross Versus the Crescent Moon The Battle of Vienna took place 330 years ago. It was the final and most significant battle between Christian Europe and the Muslim East
31 May, 2013	History	Pavlo Skoropadskyi: Torn Between Dual Loyalties Becoming Ukrainian was as difficult and controversial for Pavlo Skoropadskyi as it was for the Ukrainian nation
31 May, 2013	History	The Hetmanate: Accomplishments and Failures Accomplishments and failures of the 1918 Pavlo Skoropadskyi reforms
10 December, 2012	History	The Battle of Batih Won Independence for Cossack Ukraine in 1652 The union between Bohdan Khmelnytsky and the Tatars, signed in early 1648, was intended to secure significant military successes, but relationships between the parties were far from straitforward
10 December, 2012	History	Cossack Battle of Cannae The formidable talent of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and the helplessness of the Polish troops at the time led to an outstanding Cossack victory in the Battle of Batih
12 April, 2012	History	“The Black Sea Will Smile” Ukraine’s Navy, set up 20 years ago, is struggling to survive
6 September, 2011	History	Stara Samar In the outskirts of Dnipropetrovsk, one can still find the remains of a fortress built by Ivan Mazepa at the site of an older Cossack village.
4 July, 2011	Investigation	Double Dealers Ukrainian cossacks have turned into a thieving band of generals in fancy dress
17 February, 2011	History	Who Betrayed Ivan Mazepa? Mazepa failed because of greedy Ukrainian Cossack officers and the clergy's obsession with self-importance