In early 1919, when Ukraine's pleas for recognition were falling on largely deaf ears, it dispatched not only diplomats to Europe, but also a choir. Today, it is nearly impossible to imagine Christmas ...

Shchedryk, known in the world as Carol of the Bells, was performed near the legendary sign marking the entrance to Donetsk Oblast, known as a stele. Officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs played ...

But it’s the historic repetition of that Ukrainian folk song over centuries - the one Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” that’s especially poignant and heartbreaking for a nation at war. “It’s ...

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