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Six Ukraïner books in English. One for your shelf, and one for that friend who wants to understand Ukraine but doesn’t k...
17/09/2026

Six Ukraïner books in English. One for your shelf, and one for that friend who wants to understand Ukraine but doesn’t know where to start. 📚✨

Ukraine from above (2022)

A large-format photo book from a bird’s-eye view, spanning years of expeditions before the full-scale invasion. Fields, forests, coastline, mountains, cliffs, and the street patterns of cities seen from straight above.

Ukraїner. Ukrainian Insider (2019)

The first book in the series, built from the first round of the expedition between summer 2016 and winter 2018. It is arranged by historical and ethnographic region, from Bessarabia and Bukovyna through the Carpathians, Polissia, Slobozhanshchyna and Tavria.

Wines of Ukraine. The Untold Story

Discover the history, terroirs, and people behind contemporary Ukrainian w**e. Gathered during an autumn 2022 expedition, these stories highlight the resilience of w**emakers building a vibrant w**e culture despite the war.

Bakhmut

Written from inside the heaviest fighting, through the winter and March of 2023. The author spent days and nights with infantrymen and artillerymen, with medics, chaplains, and rescue crews, and with the children who were still in the city while the shelling and street battles went on.

The Flood

A journey into the heart of the Khersonian steppes, and a story of loss and resilience seen through the eyes of witnesses. A song of a land torn by war and still alive with courage and hope.

Velorukh: Cycling in Ukraine

The first full book about contemporary Ukrainian cycling culture. Trips, races, clubs, the cafés and workshops that hold the scene together, the cyclists now defending the country, and what a bicycle turns into during a war.

All six at https://www.ukrainer.net/en/ukrainer-publishing-house/

16/09/2026

Want to erase a language? Russia has been working on the method since 1627 — denying it exists, banning its books, changing its alphabet, and eventually skipping the paperwork altogether.

STEP 1. SAY IT NEVER EXISTEDIn 1863, Russia’s Interior Minister issued the secret Valuev Circular, declaring that Ukrain...
15/09/2026

STEP 1. SAY IT NEVER EXISTED

In 1863, Russia’s Interior Minister issued the secret Valuev Circular, declaring that Ukrainian never existed and never will. Textbooks and grammar books were banned immediately.

STEP 2. ALTER THE ALPHABET

In 1876, Tsar Alexander II allowed the printing of Ukrainian books using only Russian letters. In 1933, Soviet authorities removed the letter "ґ" entirely to make Ukrainian spelling mirror Russian.

STEP 3. MAKE IT RIDICULOUS

An imperial decree banned Ukrainian words beneath musical notes. When a choir at Kyiv University wanted to perform a Ukrainian folk song, they had to sing it in French translation.

STEP 4. PRICE OUT THE TEACHERS

By 1970, Soviet rules required all doctoral dissertations to be written in Russian and defended in Moscow. In 1983, Russian teachers received pay raises that Ukrainian teachers were denied.

STEP 5. REPEAT IT ALL 130 TIMES

1627 Tsar Michael I burned the Ukrainian Teaching Gospel.
1690 Russian Church banned Ukrainian theological books.
1720 Peter I banned printing books in Ukrainian.
1729 Peter II forced all official documents into Russian.
1763 Catherine II banned Ukrainian at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
1769 Russian Synod banned Ukrainian primers.
1775 Catherine II destroyed Zaporozhian Sich schools.
1789 Russian Empire closed all Ukrainian Sunday schools.
1804 Alexander I banned Ukrainian in all schools.
1817 Russian Empire shut down Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
1862 Russian Empire banned adult Ukrainian Sunday schools.
1863 Valuev Circular banned Ukrainian educational books.
1876 Ems Ukaz banned Ukrainian books, music, and theatre.
1881 Alexander III banned Ukrainian in private schools and sermons.
1888 Alexander III banned Ukrainian in public institutions.
1895 Empire banned all Ukrainian children's books.
1914 Nicholas II banned the Ukrainian press.
1933 Soviets deleted the letter "ґ" from the alphabet.
1938 Soviets mandated Russian in all schools.
1958 Soviets allowed opting out of Ukrainian classes.
1970 Soviets required Russian for all doctoral dissertations.
1983 Soviets gave Russian teachers a 15% bonus.
1989 USSR made Russian the sole state language.
2014 Russia banned Ukrainian in occupied schools.
2026 Russia struck major Ukrainian printing plants.

STEP 6. TARGET THE PRINTING PRESSES

July 2: BookChef central warehouse destroyed. 800,000 books lost.

July 19: Konvi printing plant struck. 600,000 textbooks burned.

August 31: Konvi plant hit mid-run. 1.3 million textbooks targeted two days before the school year.

You don't spend 400 years destroying something that never existed.

Buy the book. Keep the method broken.

This week we went back through the history of Ukrainian streetwear. The thrift piles, the first shop, the first brands. ...
03/09/2026

This week we went back through the history of Ukrainian streetwear. The thrift piles, the first shop, the first brands. And what it was like to be young in a country where new ideas were only just catching light.

Some of it is on the slides. Now tell us in the comments: which Ukrainian brand's story would you like to hear next?

03/09/2026

People think Ukrainian streetwear is new, but it was in Tokyo in 2012.

We get into which shop in Kyiv was looking for Stussy and Supreme in Japan, and where came from.

Huge thanks to , who did the work of putting history together in issue six of their magazine. It let us dig much deeper than we could have alone and find stories that are not written down anywhere else.

Which Ukrainian streetwear label should we do next?

31/08/2026

Here's part three, and this time the list goes well beyond the wardrobe.

Silk scarf and plate by . Necklace by . Lizhnyk by .wool. And that's not all of it.

Tell us what you'd want in your own home or recommend something you already own ⇩

27/08/2026

Part two is here!

Frank continues to show us what he's packing for his trip to Ukraine.

This time: an orange vyshyvanka by , inspired by a patch, along with its pink floral version, a pride vyshyvanka, a thrift-flipped blue shirt by , and more.

Honestly, we were stunned by how many unique, colourful pieces there were — and moved by the fact that each one holds a personal meaning for .

🎵 Okolytsia — Tym, khto buv do nas

24/08/2026

Ukraine is a home for many great products. Because in Ukraine, we know how important home is. Happy birthday, Ukraine.

35 years ago Ukraine declared independence. Since then it has stayed a thing people choose on purpose, year after year.I...
21/08/2026

35 years ago Ukraine declared independence. Since then it has stayed a thing people choose on purpose, year after year.

Independence Day is celebration and memory at once. We look forward to it, and we get ready for it.

That's why we put this guide together — to show you what we'd wear on days like that. Seven Ukrainian labels, price and shipping window on every slide, so nothing surprises you at checkout.

Happy Birthday, Ukraine! Save this one and tell us your number in the comments 💘

The bandura has no frets. Every note needs its own string, anywhere from 34 to 65 of them. Each string produces exactly ...
14/08/2026

The bandura has no frets. Every note needs its own string, anywhere from 34 to 65 of them. Each string produces exactly one note.

For centuries the bandura belonged to the kobzari, travelling bards who walked from village to village and sang people the news.

In 1902, Hnat Khotkevych brought kobzari onto the stage. That's how bandura enters urban cultural life. Khotkevych redesigned the bandura and created an academic discipline from a street tradition.

Ukraine's legendary writer Lesia Ukrainka did her part too. She funded a phonographic expedition to record dumy and kobzar singing. The recordings survive to this day.

From the 1930s the Soviets banned the repertoire, confiscated instruments, outlawed the profession and killed the musicians. They never broke it.

Today the bandura plays rock, funk, jazz and pop. Makers experiment with electric versions and new designs. On TikTok, covers of popular songs rack up millions of views.

The bandura is breaking down stereotypes, while remaining a symbol of Ukrainian identity.

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