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"The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history", said the historian Milan Hubl in Milan Kundera's The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. To ...
News Ukraine » Kiev » Culture: Can this $77 million state initiative bolster Ukraine's cultural sphere?
With Ukraine's cultural heritage threatened by Russia's all-out war of annihilation, Kyiv is ramping up its efforts to support Ukrainian artists at the state level. "Tysiachovesna," or "1,000 ...
News Ukraine » Kiev » Culture: Ukraine’s culture minister discusses sanctions against Russian content with Netflix executives
Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture Tetiana Berezhna discussed sanctions against Russian content and support for Ukraine with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. — Ukrinform ...
News Ukraine » Kiev » Culture: Russian strikes destroy 12 million books ahead of Ukraine's first week back at school
Ukraine says Russia is deliberately attacking its culture, after strikes on publishers and churches.
News Ukraine » Kiev » Culture: Russian Military Strikes Destroy 10 Million Books in Ukraine
Kyiv says Russia hopes to "destroy the infrastructure that allows Ukrainian literature, language, and knowledge to reach readers." ...
News Ukraine » Kiev » Culture: Russian strike burns 8 million books in Ukraine: publisher
A Russian strike on a warehouse in northeastern Ukraine over the weekend destroyed eight million books, the publishing house said Monday, slamming it as an attack on Ukrainian culture. "More than 8 ...
News Ukraine » Kiev » Culture: Ukrainian publishers call for support after Russian attacks destroy 10m books
The country risks ‘the collapse of the entire book ecosystem’ following destruction of warehouses in July and August, say Ukrainian publishers ...
News Ukraine » Kiev » Culture: War-weary Ukrainian students learn Yiddish to reclaim a Jewish past nearly erased at home
Non-Jews learn about region's history through language study with New York's YIVO Institute, while connecting with US Jews over national heritage decimated with help of some local collaborators The ...
News Ukraine » Kiev » Culture: Christians and World Leaders Gather in Kyiv to Pray
More than 650 foreigners—including former US vice president Mike Pence—joined Ukraine’s National Prayer Breakfast.