The Origins of the Ukrainian Community of Chicago: Formation, Organizations, and Cultural Life
The Ukrainian community of Chicago began to form at the end of the 19th century...
Month: July 2026
Heroes of Ukraine Honored at the Soyuzivka 2026 Festival
Ahead of the annual Soyuzivka 2026 Ukrainian Festival, the Svitanok in New York team, together with members of the Ukrainian community from Cleveland, visited the Heroes of Ukraine Memorial at the...
Ukrainian-American Historian Frank Sysyn Receives Prestigious ASEEES Award for Outstanding Contributions to Ukrainian Studies
Renowned historian of Ukrainian descent Frank Sysyn has been named the recipient of the 2026 ASEEES Distinguished Contributions Award, one of the ...
Why Did Americans Go to the 1980 Olympic Games?
It is widely known that U.S. athletes were not among the participants in the Games of the XXII Olympiad. After all, it was the American government that initiated the boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow...
The US is intensifying its security policy, Russia remains in the center of international attention
Washington is simultaneously working on the restoration of military supplies to allies, new sanctions mechanisms and countering Russian cyber operations...
UCCA commemorates 12th anniversary of MH17 tragedy and calls for Russia to be held accountable
On the 12th anniversary of the downing of flight MH17, the Ukrainian Congressional Committee of America commemorated the 298 victims and again called for justice and accountability...
The Right to Love
We all want to be loved, don’t we? Even those who passionately prove the beauty of a solitary life still, one way or another, have at least some close people who could share with them both joy and sorrow, victories and failures...
Scholars from the United States Join International Conference on Ukrainian Studies in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Catholic University, located in Lviv (Ukraine), hosted the first large-scale international conference on Ukrainian studies “Ukraine in the World” in many years on July 8-10...
23rd Lemkivska Vatra Festival Held in New York State
The 23rd Lemkivska Vatra Festival was held in Ellenville, New York, at the Ukrainian Youth Union (YUU) headquarters. Every year, it brings together representatives of the Lemkivska community, Ukrainian creative groups, and guests from different states in the United States...
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Apologizes for Russian Propaganda Imagery
Facing intense backlash from Rachmaninoff enthusiasts and the Ukrainian-American community, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has apologized for using Russian propaganda imagery...