February 5, 2024 | Research
Time Travel to Bukovyna
Let us explore some unique pictures that will take us back in time. They were taken by the French family of photographers, researchers, and historians......
Tag Archive: lifestyle
November 6, 2022 | History, Interview Project, video
In the Ukrainian Mountains.
Hello Friends,It is Vasyl's birthday today. Vasyl's house is located on a mountain, 30 min walk from the village. There’s no way to get to......
December 1, 2021 | History, Interview Project, video
Story #3 by 102-year-old Anastasia
Yes, Anastasia whom you will meet soon, was born in 1919. Her interview is part of the Stories Our Grandparents Haven't Told Project. It's a......
March 4, 2021 | History
The Stories of a Boyko Gazda
“A serious Gazda (host) from Sambir, contemptuously named a Boyko, sits in his house that looks more like a smokehouse for human bodies rather than......
February 24, 2021 | History, video
Bukovyna – Ukrainian Land. 1940 Soviet Propaganda Film. Part 2
The 2nd part of the Soviet propaganda film (read more about it in the previous post) lets us see Bukovyna in the 1940s. However, the......
June 8, 2020 | History
Pentecost in a Rich and a Poor Family
In this post, I would like to present a first-person narration about the real events on Green Holiday (Holy Trinity Holiday or Pentecost) in the......
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