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"WELCOME TO UKRAINE" MAGAZINE
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"Welcome to Ukraine"
Magazine
2005, Issue No. 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Pages
4-9........Ukraine - a brief historical outline
Pages 10-13.........Mykola Tomenko - a romantic revolutionary, rationalistic vice premier, investigative political scientist, and researcher of Ukrainian love
Pages 14-16........Interview with Ambassador of Japan, Kishiro Amae
Pages 18-22........Levko Lukianenko, indomitable champion of the national cause
Levko Lukianenko - his ideas and ideals can be called indestructible. He, or rather the cause he represents, has become indestructible thanks to the solid foundation that his Ukrainian family had built; neither his spirit nor his physical strenght have been broken by trials.
Pages 24-29.......Eurovision Song Contest held in Kyiv, Ukraine
Pages 30-31.......Impressions of some of the Eurovision pop stars
Pages 32-34.......Kyiv's Day becomes the Day of the Capital
Pages 36-40.......PLATAR - an amazing collection of artifacts from the Neolithic age to Greco-Roman Antiquity
Pages 42-47.......Mariya Mykolaychuk talks about happiness, singing and love
Mariya Mykolaychuk says she is happy - born under a lucky star, with a good voice, she fell in love with Ivan Mykolaychuk, "a genius in all respects..." - "it was love at first sight, for life... it seems to me that our love will never die though Ivan himself died..."
Pages 48-50.......Alpine meadows in the Carpathians and life of Hutsul herdsmen
Page 51.............Ukrainian music performed at an international music festival
Pages 52-59........A genius who paints only what his soul tells him to
A gray-haired, bushy-mustached, long-haired man with an aura of grandeur about him; he has a stately bearing, he moves with dignity; he is an artist who has created many masterpieces; he is a living genius and his name is Ivan Marchuk.
Pages 60-61........Ukraine at Expo-2005 in Japan
Pages 62-65........A Ukrainian takes a trip to Kazakhstan to meet nostalgic Ukrainians
Pages 66-67........The Security Service of Ukraine is reformed through evolution rather than through revolution
Page 68...............ALFA: Special Forces Unit
Page 69...............Roman Skrypin - Channel 5 remains true to its motto
Pages 70-72........A witness' account of Ukrainians in Iraq
Pages 74-77.........A modern historian's view on Ukraine in WWII
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Pages 78-82........A journey to the places associated with Ukrainian Cossacks and their exploits
Pages 84-86.......Valery Tsybukh, Ukraine's new Ambassador to Greece, talks about tourism
Pages 88-91.......A Crimean canyon offers adrenalin and unity with nature
Pages 92-95.......A visit to an ancient and mysterious town in the Crimea
Pages 96-98.......MOTOR'ROLLA, a Ukrainian rock band
Page 99..............Walking from St Petersburg to Kyiv
Pages 100-101....Ukrainian Hermitage presents an exhibition of young Ukrainian painters
Pages 102-104......Festival of Folk Music to take you to Krayina Mriy, Land of Dreams
Life without dreams is like an ocean without water - the dream of folk music festival comes true; this year the Festival welcomed musicians from Ukraine and from foreign countries to perform for three days in July at the Singing Field.
Pages 106-107......Calendar of artistic and cultural events in Ukraine - autimn and winter 2005
Pages 108-109......V. Ivasiuk Pop Song Contest in Western Ukraine
Pages 110-112......Ukraininans go to the poles in Arctic and Antarctica
Pages 114-117.......The Hetman Cup Regatta
Pages 118-121.......Body art festival in celebrations of playful Eros in Odesa
Pages 122-123.......Best Person - Liudyna Roku - of the Year 2004
Pages 124-128........7th International One Dress Contest Kryshtalevy Syluet discovers new talent in fashion design
The 7th International One Dress Fashion Contest Kryshtalevy Syluet recently held in Kyiv, provided the enthusiastic fashion-loving audiences with pleasant surprises, sensational discoveries and a lot of things to enjoy.
Pages 130-131........Recipes of Ukrainian cuisine
Pages 132-137.........A fairy tale about a poor man and the king of the crows
Pages 138-139.........Mini-Miss Beauty Contest
Pages 140-141..........A fashion show for children
Pages 142-143..........Bits of Ukrainian Humor |
"Welcome to Ukraine"
Magazine
2005, Issue No. 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Pages
6-13........Ukraine and Europe: pivotal events and dates
Page 14.........President Yushchenko's address
Pages 16-21........Ruslana the pop singer: born to be wild
Pages 22-31........Kyiv's Gold Vibrations
Every spring, the city erupts in a riot of blossoming colours and heady scents permeate the air; numerous parks and trees along the streets and in the backyards turn Kyiv into a veritable "green zone"which stretches for miles from north to south.
Pages 32-37.......Scythian treasures, gold decorations and amazing discoveries
Pages 38-45........Interview with Kateryna Yushchenko
I take my new role as wife of the President of Ukraine very seriously, and I have many goals and plans. I believe that God has given me a unique chance to do good things for the people of Ukraine. I will pursue humanitarian, cultural and historical projects.
Pages 36-39.......From an ivory tower intellectual to a participant of the Orange Revolution
Pages 46-47......Viktor Yushchenko visits Chicago
Pages 48-49.......Interview with John E. Herbst, Ambassador of the United States
Pages 50-51.......President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus: "Ukraine is a European country"
Pages 52-54.......PORA - It is high time!
Pages 56-57........A tent camp for Eurovision song contest fans
Pages 58-64........Lviv - the city of many architectural styles, coffee houses and ancient spirits
Page 65...............Pope John - Paul II - In Memoriam
Pages 66-69........Ukrainian Insurrection Army: myth, truth and reconciliation
Pages 70-75........Passionate and freedom-loving Hutsuls
Hutsuls speak Ukrainian, though with an easily identifiable accent; their way of life, volatile temperament, customs, habits, traditions, gress and food bear distinctive Hutsul traits - and yet they have the basic, underlying features which are common to all the Ukrainians.
Pages 76-77..........Church festivals in the Land of Hutsulshchyna
Pages 78-80..........President Yushchenko speaks about Ukrainian traditional values
Pages 82-91..........Oasis of Ukrainian culture - Ivan Honchar Museum
By the time of Honchar's death in June of 1993, his collection numbered eight thousand items and only a fraction of them could be properly displayed; at the end of 1993, a museum was established so that Ivan Honchar's collection could be displayed more advantageously.
Pages 92-95............Trypillya - an enigmatic civilization
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Page 96......Youth festival that celebrates the golden era of an ancient culture
Pages 98-102.......GreenJolly and their hit song on Maydan and the Eurovision Song Contest
Pages 104-106.......Kyrylo Stetsenko: "It is high time Europe discovered the Ukrainian soul"
Pages 108-110......Myron Bloshchychak, master of ancient instruments and exotic sounds
Pages 112-113.......Revolutionary Channel 5 TV station - the channel of "honest news"
Pages 114-115......Top-Line contruction company on the Ukrainian market
Pages 116-117......Leader of electric welding in Ukraine - Kakhovka plant of electric welding equipment
Pages 118-120......Cossacks in a computer game conquer Europe
Pages 122-123......Around the world with BYTSKO tourist company
Pages 124-125.......Krasotel Company's European approach to hotel management
Pages 126-127......UITT- 2005, International Tourism Exhibition
Pages 128-134.....Calendars of artistic and cultural events in Ukraine to be held in 2005
Pages 136-138......Yuri Bilonoh, an ambitious shot-putter who sets his sights high
Page 141................Annual events organized by the Ministry for Youth and Sport of Ukraine and Calendar of Sport Events
Pages 142-143........Zolote Pero - Gold Pen 2005 awards
Pages 144-149.........Ukrainian fashions are in vogue
The Ukrainian style in fashion is different from any other style; it follows its own line, it is less known in the world than other styles and is still in need of being promoted. Some critic scall it "a style in fashion with its own philosophy."
Pages 150-153...........Ivan the Dragon Slayer. A fairy tale
Pages 154-155...........Dishes of Hutsul cuisine - cook them and enjoy them
Pages 156-157...........Ukrainian horilka - more than just an alcoholic beverage |
"Welcome to Ukraine"
Magazine
2005, Issue No. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Pages
6-13........Ukraine - a historical overview
Pages 14-17........Interview of President Saakashvili of Georgia
Pages 18-20........Interview of President Vaira Vike-Freiberga of Latvia
Pages 22-24........A Perceptive analyisis of the events of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine by Prof. Y. Petrovsky-Shtern of Northwestern University, USA
All over Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of people, swathed in orange and took to the streets to defend their dignity and their right to choose a president in an open and free election, demonstarting their stamina and astinishing commitment to democratic values.
Pages 26-31.......Tina Cintron, an American artist, tells her story of the Orange Revolution; e-mails from friends and readers
Pages 32-35........What people on Maidan, Kyiv, had to say
Pages 36-39.......From an ivory tower intellectual to a participant of the Orange Revolution
Pages 40-44......Viktor Yushchenko's inauguration as seen by a man in the street
Pages 46-55.......Rivers of milk and creeks of honey, witches flying around at night in the Land of Poltavshchyna
Rivers of milk and creeks of honey, with banks of sweet jelly; withches flying around at night on their brooms, picking stars from the firmament; little devils regularly stealing the moon; meadows overgrown with tall fragrant grasses - in the Land of Poltavshchyna.
Pages 56-59.......Nostalgia - Myroslava Barchuk looks into the eyes of people in old photographs
Pages 60-67.......A student from Kyiv, Marysya Horobets, wins the title of the First Vice Miss Tourism International
Pages 68-71........Lesya Ukrayinka, a romantic poet - a "frail girl of ill health and probably the only 'man' in the Ukrainian literature."
Pages 72-77.........Lost Paradise in old lithographs
Most of the architectural landmarks in Halychyna had one common feature - they blended harmoniosly into the nature around them; the local people inherited from their ancestors the ability to harmoniously co-exist with nature, and they happily retained this ability for many centuries.
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Pages 78-82......Ancient ceramics in a private collection built up by an enthusiast
Pages 84-88.......An amazing work of art - Polina Rayko's House
Pages 90-93.......Valery Franchuk, an artist who declares love of his native land
Every artist has his or her own vision or understanding of this world. "I love Ukraine, my native land, and feel connected to what is happening here. The struggle of Good and Evil, of Light and Darkness is reflected in some way in the works I create."
Pages 94-96.......An old man who collects old postcards - both he and his collction have interesting stories to tell
Pages 98-103.......Twenty-first-century travellers go around the Black Sea, visiting places their Cossack ancestors used to go to in the seventeenth century
In the late sixteenth and in the seventeenth centuries, Ukrainian Cossacks began plying the waters of the Black Sea. They quickly learned the art and skills of sea navigation and became expert sailors, "frothing the seas" in all directions.
Pages 104-105......The Valley of Narcissi
Pages 106-109......Vasyl Ilashchuk in search of Ukrainians around the world
Pages 110-112.....Prof. Hennady Haumenko, vice president of the Institute of Tourism, says Ukraine has a great tourist potential
Pages 114-115......Two Ukrainian boxers of wide fame, brother Klychko, in the context of orange colors
Pages 116-117......Lawyers in the new era
Pages 118-121......The Firebird - a Ukrainian fairy tale
Pages 122-123.....Bits of humour |
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