Sunday, September 21, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/sunday-september-21-2025/

Sad remnants of an area rug that I remember hanging in the bedroom as I fell asleep next to the fireplace.

This piece has been on top of the chicken coop, on the bottom of chicken coop, and everywhere in-between.

It is the reason why I spend so much of my personal resources doing preservation work, even though I have no qualifications to do it.

#textiles #ukrainianhistory

Ukrainian mathematician, Volodymyr Levytsky was born on December 31, 1872. He headed the National Academy of Sciences, and authored the first work on higher mathematics in Ukrainian (1893). Levytsky also taught mathematics at the Secret Ukrainian University, between 1920-1925.

#onthisday #ukraine #UkrainianHistory #history #VolodymyrLevytsky #Levytsky #mathematician #ВолодимирЛевицький #Левицький #Levytskyi #university

George Mason University's Russian and Eurasian Studies program has assembled an excellent series of lectures and discussions on Ukraine and its past by leading scholars in the field. https://youtube.com/@russianandeurasianstudiesa2723
#Ukraine #UkrainianHistory #UkrainianCulture #UkraineRussianWar (1/2) 🧵

I would like to bring you here an event closer, which occurred on 07 July 1933. Exactly in the peak of the targeted Holodomor of the Stalin regime in Ukraine.

#BibisBlog
#UkraineInNATO
#UkrainianHistory

https://bibisukraineblog.blogspot.com/2023/07/warum-mykola-skrypnyk-zum-symbol-der.html

Today is (according to the Gregorian Calendar; it was June 28 in the Julian one) the 314th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava, among one of the most significant battles in early modern European history.

#swedishhistory; #charlesxii; #ukrainianhistory; #peterthegreat; #russianhistory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poltava

«How #Russia steals and rewrites #UkrainianHistory to justify its claims in #Ukraine» #RussianHistory #история

https://kyivindependent.com/how-russia-steals-and-rewrites-ukrainian-history-to-justify-its-claims-in-ukraine/

Dear all, if you haven't been able to attend, but are still interested in what happened at the 'Ukraine in Music History' last week: we have re-posted the videos from the stream on YouTube. The quality isn't that great, I should confess, especially due to issues with the music examples, but the papers are there, available for all: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE4Q-kgTcXZM_sncTm1vNoj1UJqzDrrvu #conference #musicology #ukraine #ukrainianmusic #ukrainianhistory 🇺🇦

«How to Explain the Real Reason Why #Russia is Waging a War on #Ukraine to Europeans» — Тексти.org.ua

#RussianImperialism #UkrainianHistory #USSR #SovietUnion #RussianWarInUkraine
https://texty.org.ua/articles/109481/how-explain-real-reason-why-russia-waging-war-ukraine-europeans/

«10 popular misconceptions about #UkrainianHistory, debunked» #Ukraine

https://kyivindependent.com/10-popular-misconceptions-about-ukrainian-history-debunked/

This day in history:

⭐ #Hutsul People's Republic is declared

⭐ #VasylSymonenko is born

⭐ #Moscow Underground opened to its first terrorist attack

#UkrainianHistory #Russia #DecoloniseRussia #RusniPizda

Dear all, this is a gentle reminder that the deadline for our conference 'Ukraine in Music History: A Reassessment' (Vienna, 19-20 May) is approaching fast (next week, January 10th). We welcome proposals from a variety of disciplines and angles, so please consider submitting a proposal or forward to people who might be interested. For details, see: https://ukrainemusichistory.org/

@musicology #musicology #musichistory #ukraine #ukrainianmusic #ukrainianhistory #histodons #cfp 🇺🇦

Exhibit 2.
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RT @cryptodrftng
I wonder if Shaun from @Uk4Ua, who is from Wales, knows that it was a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ironmaster John Hughes and migrant workers from south 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 who founded one of the 🇺🇦 largest cities?

Initially called Hughesovka, the city eventually became known as Donetsk.

#UkrainianHistory
https://twitter.com/cryptodrftng/status/1603215710133559303

From one army / nightmare into another. Join Mikhail's story where we last left off in Laryssa's #DiarySeries @MyUkrainianHeritage/, with his forced conscription into the worker's army and a one way ticket to Siberia to work under the Gulag.

https://roamancing.com/2022/06/siberian-workers-army-to-wwii-soldier-my-ukrainian-heritage/

#HistoryTravels #UkrainianHistory #RussianHistory #StandWithUkraine #MyUkrainianHeritage #podcast

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RT @cryptodrftng
I wonder if Shaun from @Uk4Ua, who is from Wales, knows that it was a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ironmaster John Hughes and migrant workers from south 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 who founded one of the 🇺🇦 largest cities?

Initially called Hughesovka, the city eventually became known as Donetsk.

#UkrainianHistory
https://twitter.com/cryptodrftng/status/1603215710133559303

I wonder if Shaun from @Uk4Ua, who is from Wales, knows that it was a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ironmaster John Hughes and migrant workers from south 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 who founded one of the 🇺🇦 largest cities?

Initially called Hughesovka, the city eventually became known as Donetsk.

#UkrainianHistory

Ukraine history talks at George Mason University are on YouTube.

🐦 thread: https://twitter.com/mstoneman/timelines/1597749116213379073
📺 link https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0olhkQH7h1NSit9WliP4rNCHlNCdyTVH

#Ukraine #UkrainianHistory #RussianInvasionOfUkraine #Histodons

Call for papers: together with my colleagues Leah Batstone and Dietmar Friesenegger, I'm organizing a conference entitled "Ukraine in Music History: A Reassessment", to be held at the University of Vienna, 19-20 May 2023. Deadline for proposals is January 10th. For more information, see: https://ukrainemusichistory.org/ 🇺🇦

Already posted elsewhere, but please boost the call around Mastodon!

@musicology #musicology #musichistory #ukraine #ukrainianmusic #ukrainianhistory #histodons #cfp