How much do you know about your family tree? Well, there are some Ukrainian families that can pinpoint where and from whom they came from. That is the case with the Shukhevych Family. This episode will look into the history of this famous family which includes a lot of priests, some legal scholars, musicians, political-cultural leaders and legendary and infamous military commanders, including General Roman Shukhevych.

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• Olesya Khromeychuk, "Ukrainians in the German Armed Forces During the Second World War" in History (2015)

• Arturas Rozenas, Sebastian Schutte and Yuri Zhukov, "The Political Legacy of Violence" in The Journal of Politics (2017)

• Stepan Kobuta, "Ukrainski Halytski Pravnyky u Vijsnovykh Podiakh 1914-1918" in Naukovyj i Kulturno-Prosvitnij Kraieznavchyj Chasopys Halycynya (2022)

• Petro Shkrabiuk, "U Zhytti y Borotbi - Razom" in Ukraina: Kulturna Spaschyna, Natsionalna Svidomist, Derzhavnist (2020)

• Mykhailo Hlushko, "'Hutsulschyna' Volodymyra Shukhevycha - Viddzerkalennia Zahalnoho Stanu" Narodoznavchi Zoshynyt (2017)

• Petro Arsenych, "Rid Shukhevychiv v Istoryko-Kulturnij Spadschyni Ukrainy ta Diaspory" in Ukrainskyj Vyzvolnyj Rukh (2017)

• "Istoria z Hryfom 'Sekretno': Pastka Dlia Durzhyny 'Vovka'" in TSN.ua (2012)

• Petro Mirchuk, Against the Invaders (1997)

• Volodymyr Shukhevych, Hutsulschyna (1997)

• Stepan Shukhevych, Moie Zhyttia (1991)

• Yaroslav Balan, "Uchast Ukrainskykh Advokativ u Spravi Olhy Basarab" in Haukovi Zoshyty Istorychnoho Fakultetu Lvivskoho Universytatu (2021)

Ukraine is known as Europe's breadbasket - primarily because of the type of soil that naturally occurs there. This episode looks at the history of the Ukrainian peasantry - a social class that is so inherently tied to the land it was seen as a dangerous element by none other than the dictator Josef Stalin. How important was the peasantry to Ukrainian history? And how did they react to foreign intervention? How did Ukrainian culture evolve from the earth they toiled? Find out in this episode!

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Tourist Information: Ukrainian Canadian Heritage Village (195041 Highway 16 East, Lamont County, AB, Canada)

Sources:

• Timothy Snyder, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (2012)

• Stanislav Kulchytskyi, Marta Olynyk & Andrij Wynnyckyj, "The Holodomor and Its Consequences in the Ukrainian Countryside" in Harvard Ukrainian Studies (2008)

• Kimiataka Matsuzato, "The Issue of Zemstvos in Right Bank Ukraine 1864-1906. Russian Anti-Polonism under the Challenges of Modernization" in Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas (2003)

• Richard Pipes, "Private Property Comes to Russia: The Reign of Catherine II" in Harvard Ukrainian Studies (1998)

• "Peasants" in Encyclopedia of Ukraine Online

• I.B. Avtushenko & Y.O. Kuznetsova, "Transformatsia Mentalnosti Ukrainskoho Selianstva na Pchatku XX st." in Istoryia Ukrainy (2021)

• Yaroslav Platmir, "Ukrainian Peasantry of Naddniprianschyna at the End of the Nineteenth-First Decades of the Twentieth Century in Russian National Discourse" in European Philosophical and Historical Discourse (2020)

• V. V. Masnenko, Peasantry as the Main Military Force During Ukrainian Revolution Period 1917-1921

• Various Articles in the Ukrainskyj Selianyn journal

Ukraine declared independence from the USSR on 24 August 1991. But it took years of inter-Soviet disfunction and terror to finally thrust independence upon numerous countries. The fall of the Soviet Union also didn't happen in one day, it took years and began with the election of Gorbachev in 1985 and pushed forward by thousands of pro-independence activists. This episode will look at how independence came not only to Ukraine, but to the other former Soviet republics in the early 1990s.

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• Chrystyna Lalpychak, "Ukraine, Russia Sign Interim Bilateral Pact" in Ukrainian Weekly (September 1, 1991)

• Chrystyna Lalpychak, "Independence" in Ukrainian Weekly (December 8, 1991)

• Victor Sebestyen, Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire (2010)

• Serhii Plokhy, The Gates of Europe (2017)

• Paul Robert Magocsi, A History of Ukraine (2010)

• Roman Solchanyk, Ukraine and Russia: The Post-Soviet Transition (2000)

The January 29-30, 1918 Batty of Kruty pitted young Ukrainian soldiers against a larger attacking Red Army. Ukraine only just declared independence and the youth of this nation sacrificed their lives to keep their government alive. Their sacrifice was immortalized, commemorated year after year in the Diaspora and silenced in the Soviet Union. Almost 100 years later, another Battle of Kruty occurred but with very different outcomes. In this episode, we explore how the battle occurred and why it became important in Ukrainian commemoration and national consciousness.

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• Serhy Yekelchyk, "The Ukrainian Meanings of 1918 and 1919" in Harvard Ukrainian Studies (2019)

• Volodymyr Kravchenko, "Fighting Soviet Myths: The Ukrainian Experience" in Harvard Ukrainian Studies (2015-2016)

• Volodymyr Ianiv, The Battle of Kruty: the Free World's First Resistance to Communism (1958)

• Yaroslav Tynchenko, "Zhyttia Pislia Krut. Yak Sklalasia Dolia Uchasnykiv Sichnevoho Boiu" in Istorychna Pravda (2011)

• Mykhailo Kovalchuk, "Bij pid Krutamy: Vidomi y Nevidomi Storinky" in Istorychna Pravda (2014)

• Andrij Liubarts, "Bij pid Krutamy v Istorychnyj Pamiati. Jak Ekspluatuaietsia Mif" in Istorychna Pravda (2012)

• Yuri Yuzych, "Ti, Scho Vyzhyly. 37 Portretiv Krutiantsiv" in Istorychna Pravda (2018)

• Ihor Bihun, "Svoboda, abo Smert! Haidamaky z Akademii" in Istorychna Pravda (2018)

• Natalia Homan, "Cherez Ponad 100 Rokiv pid Krutamy Znovu Buv Bij" in Suspilne Novyny (2022)

• Markian Klymkovetsky, "U Novomu Boiu pid Krutamy Ukraintsi Znyschyly Pryblyzno 200 Okupantiv" in Hromadske (2022)

Who was Petro Sahaidachny and why is he considered, by some, to be Ukraine's greatest Hetman? Well, he was a 17th century Ukrainian political and military leader who commanded his Cossacks at sea using their unique "chaika" boats and led them to almost sack Moscow. He was a diplomat just as much as he was a scholar, but he was always an impressive political figure who led his men on land and sea. Find out more about this great Hetman of Ukraine on this latest episode!

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• P. M. Sas, Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny: Molodi Roky (2006)

• Petro Pyhir, "Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny: Istorychni Narysy Zhyttia" in Siveriansky Litopys (2012)

• O.V. Firsov, "Osoblyvosti Vedennia Stratehii Kozatskho Vijska za chasiv Hetmana Petra Sahaidachnoho" in Naukovi Pratsi

• P.M. Sas, "Koly Narodyvsia Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny?" in Ukrainsky Istorychny Zhurnal (2011)

• Oleksandr Firosv, Vijskovo-Politychna Dialnist P. Sahaidachnoho ta B. Khmelnytskoho (2008)

• Victor Ostapchuk, "The Human Landscape of the Ottoman Black Sea in the Face of the Cossack Naval Raids" in Oriente Moderno (2001)

• P. Kroll, "Rzeczpospolita Wobec Kozaczyzny w XVI-XVII Wieku" in Naukovi Pratsi Istorychnoho Fakultetu Zaporizhkoho Natsionalnoho Universytetu (2010)

• Orest Subtelny, Ukraine: A History (2009)

• Volodymyr Kravchenko, The Ukrainian-Russian Borderland: History versus Geography (2022)

• Ivan Krypiakevych, Zaporozke Vijsko (1936)

The second part of episodes dedicated to sciency stuff! Who were some of the most influential Ukrainian scientists in the twentieth century? Well, some liked rocks, others like kidneys and hearts while still others were really into welding stuff. But one was a mysterious man, without whom, NASA wouldn't have gotten to the moon (even though he died during the Second World War and had absolutely no contacts with any Americans). We'll discuss them all and you get to tell me, which one was the coolest!

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* Meghan Rouillard, "Honoring Vladimir Vernadsky: Russian-Ukrainian Scientist's 150th Year Wraps Up" in Larouche Pac (2014)

* V. Vernadsky, "Ukrainske Pytannia I Rosijska Hromadskist", Unpublished article (1915) in AN Archive

* V.A. Verhunov, Rozvytok Ahrarnoii Doslidnoii Spravy v Ukraini u Tvorchij Spadschyni Akademika V.I. Vernadskoho (2013)

* Andrei V. Lapo, "Vladimir I. Vernadsky (1863-1945), Founder of the Biosphere Concept" in Int. Microbiol (2001)

* Oleksandr Rudiachenko, "Yuri Voronyj, Trymaty Rozmakh Kryl" in UkrInform (2020)

* "Ukrainian Doctors Which Changed the World" in Ukrainian Internet Portal

* "Paton Eugene Oskarovich" in Famous Alumni and Professors of NTUU KPI

* "Mykola Amasov Pamphlet" on Dnipro Medical University

* Maria Dmytrienko & Valerij Tomazov, Rid Patoniv (2013)

* Christopher Riley, "Rendezvous around the Moon" on BBC News (2009)

* Rodolfo Batista Negri, "A Historical Review of the Theory of Gravity - Assists in the Pre-Spaceflight Era" in Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (2020)

* Alina Kuleba, "Chomu Bez Kondratiuka Amerykantsi b Ne Pobachyly Misiatsi" in I Poltavets (2023)

* "Aleksandr Sharhej (Yuri Kondratiuk)" in UA History

Ukrainians are pretty smart - so smart we have scientists! The first world-renown scientist is Yuriy Drohobych - the once rector of the University of Bologna in the 15th century who was a philosopher, astronomer and medical doctor for the king of Poland! We also have two evolutionists - Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (anthropologist and biologist who was as important in Australia) and Elie Metchnikoff (Nobel Prize winner in immunology). The inventor of Xrays - Ivan Puluj, and an engineer who invented the first electric tram - Fyodor Pirotsky, are also in the mix in this episode all about pre-Soviet Ukrainian scientists!

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* Olga Metchnikoff, Life of Elie Metchnikoff (1921)

* "Ilya Mechnikov - Facts" on Nobel Prize Online

* Ilia Stambler, A History of Life-Extensionism in the Twentieth Century (2014)

* Siamon Gordon, "Elie Metchnikoff: Father of Natural Immunity" in European Journal of Immunology (2008)

* Warfolomiy Savchuk, "The Naturalist I.P. Puljuj and the Discovery of Xrays" in The Global and the Local: The History of Science and the Cultural Integration of Europe (2006)

* Ihor Mayba, Roman Gaida, Robert Kyle & Marc Shampo, "Ukrainian Physicist Contributes to the Discovery of Xrays" in Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (1997)

* N. Mikloucho-Maclay, New Guinea Diaries, 1871-1883 (English translation), (1975)

* Anna Shnukal, "N.N. Miklouho-Maclay in Torres Strait" in Australian Aboriginal Studies (1998)

* Harbour Trust, Marine Biological Station Pamphlet

* Volodymyr Tsyp, "Yurii Drohobych v Konteksti Formuvannia Ukrainskoi Elity" in Day Kyiv (2003)

* Bohdan Strykaliuk, "Yurij Drohobych" in Tureligious.com (2013)

* Lidia Livinska, "Fedir Pirotsky. Poltavchanyn, Yakyj Vynajshov Tramvai" in Istorychna Pravda (2011)

In this episode, we talk to Nazar Volynets, a veteran of the 24th Assault Battalion ("Aidar") of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who was a reconnaissance platoon commander in 2014-2015. We discuss how he ended up in Ukraine in 2013, why he joined the war, what he saw on the front, the importance of the Battle of Ilovaisk and Debaltseve and why supporting Ukraine today is so important.

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What is the feast day of the Intercession of the Theotokos? How did a military defeat in far off Constantinople result in a religious feast day in Ukraine? And how did it evolve and influence Ukrainian religious celebrations and even statehood from medieval Kyivan-Rus to the Cossacks to the Second World War and present day? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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* Intercession of the Theotokos in the History of Ukrainian Culture and the Ukrainian Army: Collection (2019)

* "Istoria Sviata Pokrovy Presviatoii Bohorodytsi" in Ivan Franko Oblast University Bibliography

* Rozmovliav Yatsulchak, "Pokrova Dlia Voiiniv" in Synodalne Upravlinnia Vijskovoho Dukhovenstva (2017)

* "Feast of Intercession Celebrated in Ukraine as Religious and National Holiday" in Religious Information Service of Ukraine (2012)

* Deacon Kostyantyn Shevchenko, "The Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God Today" in Andrievska Tserkva online (2021)

Alexander Dovzhenko is Ukraine's greatest screenwriter, producer and director. Ukraine's film institute is named after him. He was a genius that was tormented by Soviet censorship, favoured and agonized by Stalin's whims and made some of Ukraine's best films. While Sergei Parajanov made Ukraine's greatest film: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. The Armenian too was plagued by Soviet censorship and political pressures, while some his actors (and other Ukrainian actors) had to navigate the political-artistic landscape of Soviet Ukraine. Find out who these actors were, how the political influenced the artistic and which Ukrainian films made a world-wide impact in this latest episode.

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* Jamie Miller, "Educating the Filmmakers: The State Institute of Cinematography in the 1930s" in The Slavonic and East European Review (2007)

* George O. Liber, "Dovzhenko, Stalin and the (Re)creation of 'Shchors'" in Harvard Ukrainian Studies (1997)

* Gilberto Perez, "All in the Foreground: A Study of Dovzhenko's 'Earth'" in The Hudson Review (1975)

* Romana M. Bahry, "Subversions in Dovzhenko's 'Earth'" in Harvard Ukrainian Studies (2011-2014)

* Serge Parajanov & Steven P. Hill, "Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors" in Film Comment (1968)

* Bohdan Nebesio, "'Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors': Storytelling in the Novel and the Film" in Literature/Film Quarterly (1994)

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