History
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Ukraine celebrates 30 years of independence
Like all official state celebrations, Ukraine’s Independence Day has its good portion of pageant, fanfare and sentimental language. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s regained independence in 1991. Contemporary Ukraine may be only 30 years old, but like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his speech for the occasion, it is a young… Continue reading
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30 років незалежності України
Ця стаття була перекладена автоматично Як і всі офіційні державні урочистості, День Незалежності України має значну частину конкурсів, фанфар та сентиментальної мови. Цього року відзначається 30-та річниця відновлення незалежності України у 1991 році. Сучасній Україні може бути лише 30 років, але, як сказав президент України Володимир Зеленський у своєму виступі з нагоди, це молода країна… Continue reading
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Ukraine and nationalism
Over the last few years, the Western public, who arguably until 2013 had a very vague idea of that country in Eastern Europe called Ukraine, has been gradually and systematically educated into thinking that the phrase “Ukrainian nationalism” must unmistakable be the mark of Russian propaganda. “There are no nationalists in Ukraine” after all, as… Continue reading
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Herodotus and Persia
Herodotus, known as the “Father of History,” was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BCE. He is most famous for his work “The Histories,” which recounts the events leading up to and during the Greco-Persian Wars of the early 5th century BCE. Through his work, Herodotus provides valuable insights into the history,… Continue reading
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УКРАЇНА І НАЦІОНАЛІЗМ
Ця стаття була перекладена автоматично Протягом останніх років західна громадськість, яка, можливо, до 2013 року мала дуже туманне уявлення про цю країну у Східній Європі, яку зараз називають Україною, поступово і систематично була переконана, що фраза “український націоналізм” має бути безпомилковою ознакою російської пропаганди. «В Україні все-таки немає націоналістів», як говорили західній громадськості після революції… Continue reading
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East and West at 5
Five years ago, in May 2016, East & West was born. 5 years is not a long time ago, but from the perspective of 2021 the year 2016 feels already like a slightly different era. May 2016 was before the Brexit referendum, before Donald Trump‘s presidency, the likelihood of which at the time most experts… Continue reading
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Nagorno-Karabakh in history
Actually, friendship between the different peoples in the USSR was an extremely dubious thing. Especially between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. If at the everyday level people were good friends (my Armenian acquaintances in Baku were hid in their neighbors by Azerbaijanis during the pogroms), then, of course, it is difficult to say the same about the… Continue reading
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Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Ukraine: “Ukrainians in the Russian empire and the Soviet Union were like blacks in racist America”
Sergej Sulemny, the director of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung a German NGO, has said that Ukrainians in the Russian empire and the Soviet Union were like blacks in racist America. In a long Twitter-thread Mr Sulemny explained how Ukrainians were victims of racism and ostracism in Russia and in Soviet times, lamenting that Ukrainians were… Continue reading
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Novoturkey as the alternative to Novorossiya. Three myths about Ottoman rule in Ukraine
This article was originally published on ukraina.ru. You can find the original version here. In the newly shot Ukrainian film “The Khadjibey Fortress” Ukrainian Cossacks and Georgians are fighting on the side of the Turks against the Russians. However, it is well known that the Cossacks played an active role in the capture of Khadjibey,… Continue reading
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The Ukrainian-Persian War and the great Ukrainian epos
It used to be a trope in the study of history that ancient, younger and more energetic peoples, thanks to their unconstrained genius, were able to craft powerful myths to explain the world around them, their own genesis and their mission. In these earlier stages of a civilization, ancient peoples were considered to be a… Continue reading
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We shall never forget
Tomorrow is May 9, Victory Day. 75 years from the day when we gained full confidence that we will live, we the future generations whose grandparents, great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers have all directly or indirectly participated in the war. In 2017, new data was declassified 41 million people – 41 MILLION – in the USSR fell… Continue reading
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Никогда не забудем
Завтра 9 мая, день великой победы. 75 лет с того дня, когда мы получили полную уверенность в том, что будем жить, мы – будущие поколения, чьи бабушки и дедушки, прабабушки и прадедушки – все до единого прямо или косвенно учавствовали в войне. В 2017 г были рассекречены новые данные – 41 МИЛЛИОН. 41 миллион жителей… Continue reading
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«Призрак страшной России – это часть западной культуры» – интервью с кембриджским профессором Марком Б. Смитом
Марк Б. Смит – профессор истории в Кембридже и специализируется на истории Советского Союза. Он ведет блог beyondthekremlin.com. Его последняя книга называется «Российская обеспокоенность Запада и то, как история может ее разрешить» была опубликована Алленом Лейном/Пингвин в 2019 году. Книгу на Amazon можно найти здесь. Восток и Запад: кажется, что это было давным-давно, но это… Continue reading
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“The spectre of a scary Russia is a part of Western culture” – interview with Cambridge Prof. Mark B. Smith
Mark B. Smith is Professor of History at Cambridge, and specializes in the history of the Soviet Union. He runs the blog beyondthekremlin.com. His most recent book is called The Russia Anxiety: And History Can Resolve It and was published by Allen Lane/Penguin in 2019. You can find the book on Amazon here. East &… Continue reading
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Did Reagan plan to blow up the Soviet gas pipeline using a computer virus?
American media spread the sensation of a secret CIA operation against the USSR in the early eighties “BIGGEST NON-NUCLEAR EXPLOSION” 39 years ago, in January 1981, the new president, Republican Ronald Reagan, entered the White House. Holding the post for two terms, Reagan led the country out of the economic crisis, intensified foreign policy pressure… Continue reading
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“He who sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind” – Myśl Polska
This article originally appeared on Myśl Polska. You can read it in Polish here. Unexpectedly for the majority of Poles, Vladimir Putin attacked Poland twice in the last days of December 2019. Remembering Poland’s participation in the partition of Czechoslovakia in 1938, he accused Poland of joint responsibility for the outbreak of World War II.… Continue reading
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The unforgiving ideal of progress and the future of humanity
Русская версия статьи здесь When the USSR collapsed, in 1991, some Western historians and political scientists began to speak confidently about the “end of history”. Now, only less than 30 years later, it is regarded as good, academic tone to consider all this nothing but nonsense, fantasies of some not all too serious intellectuals, very… Continue reading
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«Я понятия не имею, что означают термины Восток и Запад», – интервью с профессором Питером Франкопаном
Питер Франкопан – профессор мировой истории в Вустерском колледже Оксфордского университета. Его последняя книга – «Новый шелковый путь: настоящее и будущее мира», опубликованная издательством Bloomsbury. «Новый шелковый путь» на amazon.com и на amazon.co.uk. Восток и Запад: когда закончилась холодная война, люди думали, что весь мир станет «как Запад». Многие по-прежнему считают, что глобализация означает, что… Continue reading
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“I have no idea what the terms East and West mean”, interview with Prof. Peter Frankopan
Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Worcester College, University of Oxford. His latest book is “The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World”, published by Bloomsbury. The New Silk Roads on amazon.com and on amazon.co.uk. East&West: When the Cold War ended, people thought the whole world was going to become… Continue reading
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Национализм, свобода и популизм
English version here Несколько недель назад я предложил небольшой эксперимент двум молодым женщинам, одна из которых была из Польши, а другая – из Беларуси: одна должна говорить по-польски – на ее родном языке, а другая – по-белорусски, и мы увидим, смогут ли они понять друг друга. Между двумя женщинами был очень простой разговор, но эксперимент… Continue reading
EAST AND WEST 