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A city for ‘walkers’, Kyiv traces centuries of history on one street
Walking through Kyiv’s repository of history and travelers will find vendors selling old Lenin busts, Wehrmacht medals from World War II and banners proclaiming communism’s glory. Andrew’s Ascent or Andriyivky Uzviz is Kyiv’s most popular street with tourists and locals alike. Named after the Baroque St. Andrew’s Church, this street has earned its reputation of being Kyiv’s Montemarte.
FeaturesUkrainians are a quiet storm building in Hollywood
Beleaguered by the tide of films with a Russian revisionist point of view, Ukrainians in Hollywood are busy promoting Ukrainian interests in films and television. With the birth of the Hollywood Trident Foundation in 1999, the voices of the Ukrainian diaspora are coming to the entertainment surface.
FeaturesWild west movie icon, “Curly”, a proud Ukrainian
You may remember the actor playing the role of Curly, the ornery and wizened cowboy in the film, “City Slickers” as Best Supporting Academy Award winning actor, Jack Palance, but this actor, once proudly laid claim to his Ukrainian heritage. Jack Palance, born Volodymir Ivanovich Palahnuik in Pennsylvania coal country was third of five children of Ukrainian immigrants.
FeaturesUkraine Adventure Travel
Do not travel more than 100 kilometers from Kyiv or you will end up on a one-lane rutted dirt road with fallen trees and bandits waiting to ambush your car. Fact or fiction? While the early motorways in Ukraine may have been fraught with geographical and human hazards, and though cars are still scarce commodities for most Ukrainians often preferring to travel by overnight train to their destinations, in the ever confident traveling world, the country of Ukraine is sometimes best explored by car.
FeaturesAncient Ukrainian Christmas Stories
In centuries past, young people told their Christmas stories on tiny two-storied wooden structures made of wood. Vertep, the basis of modern-day Ukrainian puppet theater, had its beginnings centuries ago at the Kyivian Academy when students wrote and performed their plays on a tiny stage. The ‘actors’ were actually puppets made of wood with a wire connected so the puppeteer controlled the character’s movements. Accompanied by vocalists and instrumental ensembles, young people once took their Christmas dramas on the road, traveling from village to village.
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