Wandering the Edge

While Poland and Ukraine may have a very complicated history - there were moments of unity and cooperation between the two throughout history. This episode looks at one of these episodes in the 20th century which centres around the two leaders of their respective countries. Symon Petliura and Jozef Pilsudski have commonalities and differences - both knew what it meant to be under Russian occupation and both fought for their country's rights to exist. Both have a strained relationship with history and tried to work together but only one saw his country's true independence in the aftermath of the First World War. Find out more about these two titans of their respective nation's histories is this episode!

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Tourist Information:

* Karczma (12 Rynek St., 38-500 Sanok, Poland)

* Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok (3 Rybickiego St., 38-500 Sanok, Poland)

* Museum of History in Sanok (Zamkowa St., 38-500 Sanok, Poland)

Sources:

* Michael Palij, The Ukrainian-Polish Defensive Alliance, 1919-1921 (2009)

* Timothy Snyder, The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus (2004)

* Alik Gomesly, Yevreisko-Ukrainski Vidnosyny XX Storichchia (2021)

* Jozef Pilsudski, Pisma Mowy Rozkazy 3 Tomy (1930)

* Waldemar Lotnik, Nine Lives (2000)

* Paul Robert Magocsi, A History of Ukraine (1996)

* Serhii Plokhy, The Gates of Europe (2017)

How did Volodymyr Ivasyuk become a house hold Ukrainian name? Why were his songs so popular - and are still sung around campfires, dining tables and front lines in today's Ukraine? Why do they hold such a powerful place in Ukrainian hearts, so much so that his music is now considered Ukrainian folk songs? And why was he so dangerous to the Russian dominated Soviet culture? Find out in this episode all about Ukraine's most popular composer: Volodymyr Ivasyuk, the man behind Chervona Ruta, Vodohrai and many, many more songs that explore Ukrainian love and beauty. 

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* Volodymyr Ivasiuk Memorial Website (including family member's memoirs)

* Serhy Yekelchyk, Ukraine: Birth of a Modern Nation (2007)

* "Eksperty: Spivak Volodymyr Ivasiuk ne Mih Pomerty bez Storonnoii Dopomohy" in Istorychna Pravda (2019)

* "1971: 'Chervona Ruta' Staie Peremozhtsem Pershoii Radianskoii 'Pisni Roku'" in Istorychna Pravda (2011)

* William Jay Risch, The Ukrainian West: Culture and the Fate of Empire in Soviet Lviv (2011)

* Bohdan Nahaylo, "The Owls Did It" in Index on Censorship (1980)

Ukrainian emigration outside of Ukraine have been ongoing for centuries - both west and east. So many Ukrainians emigrated that they formed small Ukrainian communities who identified themselves as Ukrainians and many even wanted to join an independent Ukrainian People's Republic in the early 20th century. These colourful Ukraines: the Red, the Grey, the Yellow and the Green Ukraines were historically, actively Ukrainian. They all had societies, clubs, events, organizations and congresses (Ukrainians LOVE congresses) that swore to their identity. Unfortunately, most have been silenced. But you'll find their history in this episode. 

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* Petro Kraliuk, "Zhovtyj Klyn. Ukraintsi Pochaly Osvoiuvaty Povlzhia u XVII Stolitti" in Radio Svoboda Online (2021)

* Serhiy Parkhomenko-Bahriany, "Kraj, de Kozaky dosi Balakaiut. U Poshukakh Ukrainskoii Kubani" in Istorychna Pravda (2014)

* Andrew Wilson, Ukrainian Nationalism in the 1990s: A Minority Faith (1996)

* Serhiy Drachuk, "Ukraintsi Sybiru: Istoria Zaborony 'Siroho Klynu'" in Radio Svoboda (2020)

* Tymish Olesiuk, Sira Ukraina (1947)

* Valentyna Sinielnikova, "Pro 'Zhovtyj Klyn' na Volzi" in Kobza Online (2008)

* Volodymyr Serhiychuk, Ukrainska Sobornist. Vidrodzennia Ukrainstva v 1917-1920-kh rokakh (1999)

* Petro Mirchuk, Narys Istorii OUN (1968)

* Ivan Svit, Zelena Ukraina (1949)

Yaroslav the Wise had four daughters and six sons. His daughters were all married to European rulers while his sons decided to play game of the thrones of Kyivan Rus. Well, three of them did - anyway. Iziaslav was ruler three different times and was an European adventurer, while Sviatoslav was the wise one with a short reign and Vsevolod was the last, who ruled the longest. How did this complicated relationship of brothers and rulers come about and why did Iziaslav spend so much time in Europe? Find out in this latest episode!

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* Christian Raffensperger, Reimagining Europe: Kievan Rus' in the Medieval World (2012)

* Nestor's Primary Chronicle

* Leontiy Vojtovych, Kniazha Doba: Portrety Elity (2006)

* Christian Raffensperger, "Iziaslav Iaroslavich's Excellent Adventure: Constructing Kinship to Gain and Regain Power in Eleventh Century Europe" in Medieval Prosopograhy (2015)

* Nancy Shields Kollmann, "Collateral Succession in Kievan Rus" in Harvard Ukrainian Studies (1990)

* Serhii Plokhy, The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine (2017)

* Paul Robert Magocsi, A History of Ukraine (1996)

The Second World War saw some of the most terrible and inhumane episodes in human history. Millions of civilians and soldiers were dead by the end of it. Why is one month in 1941 so important for Ukrainian history? It showed the sadistic nature of the Soviet occupation and NKVD agencies with the mechanical murder of political prisoners sitting in Soviet prisons throughout Ukraine. It resulted in thousands of deaths and greatly influenced the suffering of many more. This episode explores how this massacre was allowed to happen (through Soviet leadership), how these prisoners were intentionally killed and the stories that many suffered through. 

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* Ksenya Kiebuzinski & Alexander Motyl (eds), The Great West Ukrainian Prison Massacre of 1941 (2017)

* Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, "The Wehrmacht Bureau on War Crimes" in The Historical Journal (1992)

* Irina Paperno, "Exhuming the Bodies of Soviet Terror" in Representations (2001)

* Russian Oppression in Ukraine: Reports and Documents (1962)

* "Mass Shootings of 1941" on Lonsky Prison Museum Online

* Jennifer Popowycz, "The 1941 NKVD Prison Massacre in Western Ukraine" on National WWII Museum

* Natalia A. Feduschak, "Lviv Museum Recounts Soviet Massacres" on Kyiv Post (2010)

* Andrii Zhyviuk, "Ukrainian Women, Among Many Others, Executed by the NKVD in Dubno Prison on June 24-25, 1941" in Euromaidan Press (2020)

The Ottoman Empire is known, among other things, for its imperial harem. But a female slave from Ukraine turned the whole system of concubines on its head and ushered in an age of female domination. This was the famous and infamous Roxelana (aka Hurrem Sultan). One of the last of these great women was another Ukrainian - Turhan Sultan (or Nadiya). Another might have been Ukrainian - but I'm not 100% sure of her. In this episode, we explore their origins, how they got to Istanbul and how they goverened their respective courts. 

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* Murat Iyigun, "Lessons from the Ottoman Harem on Culture, Religion and Wars" in Economic Development and Cultural Change (2013)

* Shirine Hamadeh, "Splash and Spectacle: The Obsession with Fountains in 18th Century Istanbul" in Muqarnas (2002)

* Marc David Baer, "The Great Fire of 1660 and the Islamization of Christian and Jewish Space in Istanbul" in International Journal of Middle East Studies (2004)

* Ruth Barzilai-Lumbroso, "Turkish Men and the History of Ottoman Women: Studying the History of the Ottoman Dynasty's Private Sphere through Women's Writings" in Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2009)

* Uriel Heyd, "Moses Hamon, Chief Jewish Physician to Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent" in Oriens (1963)

* Amy Singer, "Serving up Charity: The Ottoman Public Kitchen" in The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (2005)

* Amy Singer, "The Mulknames of Hurrem Sultan's Waqf in Jerusalem" in Muqarnas (1997)

* Nina Rattner Gelbart, "Adjusting the Lens" in Early Modern Women (2016)

* Stanford Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (1976)

* Lucienne Thys-Senocak, Ottoman Women Builders (2017)

* Muzaffer Ozgules, The Women who Built the Ottoman World (2017)

* Christiane Czygan, "Depicting Imperial Love: Love Songs and Letters between Sultan Suleyman (Muhibbi) and Hurrem" in Suleyman the Lawgiver and his Reign (2020)

* Oleksandra Shutko, Roksolana: Zhytiepys (2020)

* Oleksandra Shutko, Roksolana: Mify ta Realii (2016)

* Oleksandra Shutko, "Roksolana ta Khatidzhe Turkhan: Shliakh z Polonu Krymskoho Khana do Haremu Sultana" in Nash Krym (2017)

Scott Bury is a journalist, novelist (from fantasy series to murder-mysteries to historical novels) and now podcaster. His Eastern Front Trilogy follows the story of his father-in-law, Maurice Bury - a Canadian who served in the Red Army from 1941 to 1945. Scott also has a new podcast, the only English speaking podcast that focuses on the Eastern Front of the Second World War - the Beyond Barbarossa podcast. We talk about all of this and how Russia's war today is reminiscent of the Red Army of the Second World War.

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The 1960's counter-culture in Soviet Ukraine was a bit more dramatic than that of the West: poets could were feared, the individual was on the rise and national awareness was creeping up into the national consciousness of Ukraine's students and intellectuals. Some of these dissidents were arrested, some killed but all of them influenced a generation of people and an entire nation. From a revolt over the destruction of a stained-glass window in Kyiv to theatrical protests against sham show trials - these artists weren't afraid of the all-powerful communist party; but the party was afraid of them. Take a look at these dissidents: their lives, their art and their influence in this latest episode.

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* Valentyn Moroz, Report from the Beria Reserve (1974)

* Benjamin Tromly, "An Unlikely National Revival: Soviet Higher Learning and the Ukrainian 'Sixtiers', 1953-65" in The Russian Review (2009)

* Marko Pavlyshyn, "Martyrology and Literary Scholarship: The Case of Vasyl Stus" in The Slavic and East European Journal (2010)

* Michael M. Naydan & Lina Kostenko, "Floating Flowers: The Poetry of Lina Kostenko" in Ulbandus Review (1977)

* George S.N. Luckyj, "The Ukrainian Literary Scene Today" in Slavic Review (1972)

* Valentyna Kryvenchu, "Modernisti Idejno-Estetychni Pozytsii S. Sumytkoho v Konteksti Shistdesiatnytstva" in Synopsis: Text, Context, Media (2019)

* Giovanna Bercoff, Marko Pavlyshyn, Serhii Plokhy (eds)., Ukraine and Europe: Cultural Encounters and Negotiations (2017)

* "Shistdesiatnyky" in Encyclopedia of Ukraine

Volodymyr Monomakh was the prince of Smolensk, Chernihiv, Pereiaslav and finally the Grand Prince (aka King) of Kyivan-Rus from 1113 to 1125. How did this grandson of Yaroslav the Wise rise from the thousandth in line to rule the Empire? Find out in this episode along with how much the man loved to hunt (a lot, trust me, it was A LOT!), how he used diplomacy and warfare to solve his issues and how he is related to the English nobility! 

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* Nestor's Primary Chronicle

* Nancy Shields Kollmann, "Collateral Succession in Kievan Rus" in Harvard Ukrainian Studies (1990)

* Leontiy Voytovych, Kniazha Doba: Portrety Elity (2006)

* Mykola Kostomarov, Istoria Ukrainy v Zhyttiepysakh Vyznachnishykh ii Diachiv (1918)

* S.D. Fedaka, Politychna Istoria Ukrainy-Rusi Doby Transformatsii Imperii Riurykovychiv (2000)

* Serhii Plokhy, The Gates of Europe (2017)

* Paul Robert Magocsi, A History of Ukraine (1996)

* "Volodymyr Monomakh" in Encyclopedia of Ukraine

* N.M. Karamzyn, Istoria Hosudarstva Rossyjskoho

A Russian princess turned famed front-line doctor meets a young strapping Ukrainian Colonel of the Ukrainian People's Army in 1919. They marry, have a kid, and get interned in two different prisoners of war camps, divorce but still see each other. Who were these two remarkable people? It was Khrystyna and Roman Sushko and this episode explores their lives individually and together and how they both influenced early 20th century Ukrainian history. 

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* Volodymyr Barov, "From Sisters of Mercy to Soldiers: Women in the Ukrainian People's Republic Army" in Istorychna Pravda (2021)

* Dmytro Shurkhalo, "Female Figures of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921" in Radio Svoboda (2019)

* Petro Mirchuk, Narys Istorii OUN (1968)

* Natalia Voloshyn, "These are Our Girls - the Sich Riflemen" in Mij Ridnyj Kray (2014)

* Solomiia Podilska, "Khrystyna Sushko: How One Woman Fought - UNR Army Officer" in Armia Inform (2020)

* A.F. Kutsy, "Military Activities of the Operational UNR Army in Left Bank Ukraine in January 1919 (as Exampled by Roman Sushko's Shock Group)" in Lvyv Polytechnic National University Journal (2013)

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

* Andrii Bolianovskyi, "Cooperation between the German Military of the Weimar Republic and the Ukrainian Military Organization, 1923-1928" in Harvard Ukrainian Studies (1999)

* Pawel Markiewicz, "Volodymyr Kubijovych's Ethnographic Ukraine: Theory into Practice on the Western Okraiiny" in Jahrbucher fur Geschichte Osteuropas (2016)

* Ihor Sribniak, "Unsigned Victory" in Our Life (2018)

* Yevhen Konovalets and His Age (1974)

* Khrystyna Ovad, Col. Roman Sushko (2006)