Ukraine and Ukrainians have used political assassinations to push their agenda into the spotlight or protest grievances against Ukrainians. Ukrainians have also been targeted by some of the Soviet Union's best assassins and for glaringly obvious reasons. So, who were these high-profile victims and assassins? And how were the assassinations planned and carried out? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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What is "soft power" and how did/does Russia use it not only in Ukraine but among other so-called "Western" countries? This question along with others is talked about in this interview with Dr. Lada L. Roslycky, whom predicted Russia using their Black Sea Fleet to annex the Crimea. She is now the founding managing partner of Black Trident, a defense and security consulting group based in Kyiv. Find out in this episode of Wandering the Edge!

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Why is Mykhailo Hrushevsky so venerated among Ukrainian historians? And why are his histories so important to Ukrainian historiography? And how this seemingly quiet man become the president of Ukraine in 1918? And how did his life change after this? Find out in this episode of Wandering the Edge.

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In 1947, the Polish communist state internally displaced the rest of their 150,000 Ukrainian minority. They spattered them among the now empty German territories they gained when Stalin moved Poland's borders west. Why did this happen? And how was the operation conducted? And was it a success? Find out in this episode of Wandering the Edge!

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What was the good, the bad and the ugly about Ukraine's first independence in 1918? How did it begin and why did it fail? And who was responsible for it? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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Who were the UPA 4? The 4 women of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army who received 25 years imprisonment for their roles in the Ukrainian underground? How did each women even end up in the UPA? What were their roles and what did they sacrifice for their beliefs? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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During Ukraine's first independence drive, the Ukrainian army attempted to break out through the Monarchist and Bolshevik fronts, these two attempts were known as the First and Second Winter Campaigns. Where they successful? Who commanded them? And why are they important to Ukrainian military history? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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Ukraine's primary source on our Medieval history is the Primary Chronicle. But is it a primary source and what is it exactly? Who wrote it? How did it become so important? And how has it evolved throughout the centuries to use as a political tool? Find out more in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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Why was Volodymyr the Great - great? How did a legalized bastard become the leader of Europe's largest kingdom at that time? And how did he choose Orthodox Christianity as his new religion to baptize this empire? And why is his influence so great in this modern era? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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What was the Prosvita (Enlightenment) Society that was founded in Lviv in 1868? Why was it the single most important Ukrainian society to basically ever exist? And what role did it play in Ukraine's fight for independence, self-sufficiency and cultural history? Find out in this episode of Wandering the Edge!

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