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"Welcome to Ukraine"
Magazine
2002, Issue No. 2
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4-7........ Ukraine: a Brief Chronology
Pages 8-13........Day of Kyiv Festivity
The idea to celebrate the Day of Kyiv emerged and took shape in the 1980's. It began as the Day of the Painter. It did not take long to get it transformed into the Day of Kyiv which over the years has grown into a major city festival and spread to many parts of Kyiv. It is celebrated at the end of May.
Pages 14-23.......Serhiy Platonov, Ukrainian Maecenas
Art works and art objects shown at the exhibition which was recently held in the National Bank of Ukraine, had been collected by a private person, Serhiy Platonov. There are many rich people in Ukraine, but just a few of them can be called "patrons of art." Platonov is one of them.
Pages 24-31.......Bizarre Architectural and Sculptural Fantasies
Pages 32-34.......Fierce Political Battles
Page 35...........Mykola Tomenko's Private View on Elections' 02
Pages 36-37.......Ups and Downs of Ukrainian Economy
Pages 38-39.......A Model to Follow: Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America
Pages 40-41...... Letters from Ukraine to the USA, 1932-1933
Pages 42-45.......A Town whose History Spans a Millenium
Page 46...........Waldemar Stefanowicz: "I've Been Enchanted with Ukraine"
Pages 48-51..........The Return of a Grand Prince
Pages 52-57..........Notes from a Medieval Enclave
In the 21st-century Kyiv, there exists what might be called a Medieval enclave. Those who live there are knights, their squires, pages, blacksmiths, casters and makers of medieval cannon, tailors, chroniclers and poets. All of them are enthusiasts of the history-reenactment movement.
Pages 58-61..........A TV Beauty |
Pages 62-63.......Perpetual Wellspring: Lysenko Music Festival
Pages 64-65.......Ocean Accompanied by an Orchestra
Page 65...........A New Reference Book about Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Pages 66-67.......Myhailo Drahomanov, a Cultural Trailblazer
Pages 68-73.......Mykolay Kochubey, Painter Who Breaks into Song
Mykolay Kochubey is a relatively young but firmly esatblished graphic artist, well appreciated in the artistic circles. His graphic series inspired by the Ukrainian folk songs proved his artistic mettle, while coins and postal stamps of his design made him a sought-after artist.
Pages 74-76........Valentyna Korotya-Kovalska: "My Land is in My Heart"
Pages 78-79........A Muslim in a Christian Country
Pages 80-85........Exotic Wind of Fashion: Fashion Seasons Spring-Summer'02
Human Nature is whimsical and capricious. The Whimsical Mood has a capricious friend, Fashion. It is through Fashion that Mood can find a visual expression of its essence. Accessories and color schemes also reflect the state of one's inner life.
Pages 86-87........Crepuscular Charming Light
Pages 88-89........News: Politics, Economy, Culture, Tourism
Page 102...........Slava Blagoeva, ITE Tourist Exhibitions Director: "Ukraine Needs a Distinctive Tourist image"
Page 103...........ITE Calendar of Exhibitions
Pages 104-107......10th Anniversary of International Tourism Magazine
Pages 108-111......Ukrainian Graffiti |
"Welcome to Ukraine"
Magazine
2002, Issue No. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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4-7........ Ukraine: a Brief Chronology
Pages 8-11........From Mardi Gras to Lent, Ukrainian Style
Pages 12-16.......Ivan Dzyuba's Lecture on Ukrainian Culture
Pages 18-19.......Professor Fizer, "We Are What We Do"
Pages 20-21.......Forthcoming Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine
Pages 22-23.......Austrian Airlines Country Manager about Ukraine
Pages 24-27.......Kyiv at Night
Pages 28-29.......Grigol Katamadze, Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine, Interviewed
Pages 30-31...... Marek Zukovski, Ambassador of Poland to Ukraine: New Ideas Engender New Realities
Pages 32-33.......Nasha Ukrayina, a Powerful Force in the Next Parliament of Ukraine
Pages 34-41.......Taras Shevchenko, A Volcanic Spirit of Ukrainian Culture
Taras Shevchenko belongs to the category of geniuses , and though a great deal has already been written about him, the exploration of his legacy has not been exhausted. He, The man of the nineteenth century, still has much to say to us, people of the twenty-first century
Pages 42-45..........Custodian of Tradition
Pages 48-52..........Carmelite Monastery in Berdychiv
Berduchiv boasts a long history and cultural significance. Several remarkable personalities either lived there or visited, leaving their distinctive mark; it is a place of an intriguing mixture of cultures and cultural traditions which lived and let live
Pages 54-56..........Igor Sikorsky's Love of Flying
Pages 58-59..........The Most Attractive Feature of the Carpathians |
Pages 60-62.......People and Houses Which Still Remember
In the Carpathian Mountains there are many peasant houses which are over a hundred years old; "museum pieces", unique creations of Hutsul peasant architecture, they continue to be dependable homes for those who have lived in them for generations
Pages 64-67.......Abram Manevych, Artist Inspired by the Stars
Abram Manevych is a Ukrainian painter, an artist who poeticized provincial townsand industrial suburbia of big cities. Political and economic upheavals forced him into immigration but he never stopped looking for beauty wherever it could be found
Pages 68-71.......Romantic Nostalgia of Nestor Kyzenko
Pages 72-73.......Tariel Vasadze of Schmeisser-Ukraine: Hunting as Art
Pages 74-76.......Spiritual Temple of Pavlo Dvorsky
Pages 78-79.......Horlytsya Will Make You Fall in love with Ukraine
Pages 80-82.......Philarmonic Society's Music Soirees
Pages 84-87.......The River of Time and Life of Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Pages 88-91.......40th Anniversary of a Cult Film
There are very few motion pictures indeed which continue to be popular with a great many people for several generations. One of such films in Ukraine is Za Dvoma Zaytsamy -A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush. There is even a monument to the film's protagonists in Kyiv
Pages 92-95........Trembita Garment-Making Company
Pages 96-99........Ukrainian Shaolin and the Martial Arts
Pages 100-101......Mysterious Earthen Walls Preserved from the Distant Past
Pages 102-116......News in Brief
Pages 117-120......Useful Information about Kyiv
Page 125...........Superb Wines from Georgia
Pages 126-127......Ukrainian Caricaturists in the World |
"Welcome to Ukraine"
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Page 6-9........Spirit of the Millenia
One cannot help freezing in awe before this imperishable creation of human hands - mosaics of the Mykhailivsky Zolotoverkhy (St Michael Golden-Domed) Cathedral in Kyiv. Bridging the gap of time they convey us the spirit of the great art, the spirit that has been kept in the millenia
Pages 10-12........Ukraine: Brief History
Pages 14-15........World Forum of Ukrainians in Kyiv
Pages 16-18........Mykola Bidzilya: Scientist Turned Politician
Pages 20-22........Babyn Yar, Symbol of Tragedy
It is a large ravine on the northern edge of the city of Kyiv in Ukraine, the site of a mass grave of victims, mostly Jews, whom Nazi German SS squads killed between 1941 and 1943. After the initial massacre of Jews, Babyn Yar remained in use as an execution site for Soviet prisoners of war and for Gypsies
Pages 24-25........Shabby window Dressing and Stark Reality
Pages 26-27........Master Orthopedist
Pages 28-29........SAM Travel Company
Pages 30-51........Serendipitous World of Vylkovo
They called for retaining the old style of the lithurgical procedure, and the adherents of this movement came to be called staroobryadtsy, starovery or Old Believers. Across the lenght and breadth of the huge country there began persecution of the starovery
Pages 52-55.........Izmail, Once a Fortress, now a Port
Pages 56-57.........Valery Parsegov. Thoughts and Feelings Expressed through the Plasticity of Body Movements
Pages 58-59.........Song Festival in Yalta
Pages 60-61.........Yalta Esplanade
Page 62.............Super Nova: Miss Net World Final
Pages 64-67.........Get the Adrenaline going with Andriy Lahutin and his Team of Underwater Hunters |
Pages 68-70........Rodoslav Hutsul Festival
Pages 72-75........One-Man Orchestra
In the land of Verkhovyna, in the Carpathian Mountains, there lives an ethnic minority who call themselves the Hutsuls. They can be regarded as true upholders of the Ukrainian National spirit. It is in their music that the Hutsul peculiarity is felt most acutely. Roman Kumlyk, a Hutsul plays many instruments
Pages 76-78........Monologues of an Artist
Pages 80-85........Deepinsider and Unpalatable Art
Pages 86-87........Lech Valensa, Politician and Public Figure
Pages 88-89........Victor Pozvadovsky, "I Believe in Winning Good over Evil"
Pages 90-91.........Colonel-General Vasyl Sobkov: Ukraine's Participation in Peacekeeping Missions
Page 93............."I Love the Fall in Kyiv", a poem by Colonel Melnykov
Pages 94-95.........Boxer's Gloves, a Miror and Roses
Pages 96-101........Autimnal Moods of FashionThe fashion shows were held at the Lavra Gallery at the end of september in Kyiv. 15 designers and trade marks showed their fall-winter 2001/2002 collections. The number of those who wanted to see the shows was far greater than the number of seats available in the hall
Pages 102-114........News in Brief: Politics, Economy, Culture, and Sports
Pages 115-118........Useful Information about Kyiv
Pages 122-123........Golden Book of Ukrainian Elite
Pages 124-125........Unexpected Angle - Serhiy Rybokon
Page 127.............UITT 2002 Tourism and Travel Exhibition |
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