No fantasies. Just centuries of Ukraine’s story, uncensored.
A cross-referenced reference work on Ukraine — its land, history, people, culture, economy, and the ongoing war. Terms shown as links open their own entry; the same term is linked wherever it first appears on a page.
Land & Geography(45)
Cities, rivers, regions, and the physical landscape of Ukraine.
- Bila Tserkva
- Boryspil
- Buchach
- Carpathians
- Cherkasy
- Chernihiv
- Chernivtsi
- Chernobyl
- Chyhyryn
- Crimea
- Dnieper
- Dniester
- Dnipro
- Donbas
- Donetsk
- Fastiv
- Halych
- Ivano-Frankivsk
- Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
- Kharkiv
- Kherson
- Khortytsia
- Khotyn
- Kryvyi Rih
- Kyiv
- Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
- Luhansk
- Lutsk
- Lviv
- Makiivka
- Mariupol
- Melitopol
- Mykolaiv
- Odesa
- Poltava
- Sevastopol
- Sheptytskyi
- Sumy
- Ternopil
- Ukraine
- Ukrainian Carpathians
- Vinnytsia
- Zaliznyi Port
- Zaporizhzhia
- Zhytomyr
History(40)
From Kyivan Rus' and the Cossacks to independence.
- Battle of Kiev
- Battle of Lwów
- Bohdan Khmelnytsky
- Bukovina
- Chernobyl disaster
- Cossack Hetmanate
- Cossacks
- Crimean War
- Cucuteni–Trypillia culture
- Dmytro Yavornytsky
- Euromaidan
- Executed Renaissance
- Hetman
- History of Crimea
- History of Kyiv
- Holodomor
- Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Kievan Rus'
- Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
- Modern history of Ukraine
- Nikolai Gogol
- Orange Revolution
- Orel
- Podolia
- Revolution of Dignity
- Rivne
- Rus' people
- Sich Riflemen
- Transcarpathia
- Treaty of Pereyaslav
- Ukrainian architecture
- Ukrainian historical regions
- Ukrainian National Revival
- Ukrainian People's Republic
- Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Ukrainian War of Independence
- Ukrainization
- Uzhhorod
- West Ukrainian People's Republic
- Zaporizhian Sich
Russia–Ukraine War(37)
The invasion, key battles, and the conflict since 2014.
- 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive
- 2022 Kherson counteroffensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Azov Brigade
- Battle of Bakhmut
- Battle of Debaltseve
- Battle of Ilovaisk
- Battle of Kyiv
- Battle of Mykolaiv
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Battle of Sumy
- Bucha massacre
- Crimean Tatars
- Dmytro Yarosh
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
- Donetsk People's Republic
- Full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Gromada
- Irpin
- Kerch Strait incident
- Kramatorsk railway station attack
- Kyiv offensive
- Luhansk Oblast
- Luhansk People's Republic
- Mariupol theatre airstrike
- Minsk agreements
- Moskva
- National Guard of Ukraine
- Russian annexation of Crimea
- Russo-Ukrainian war
- Siege of Chernihiv
- Siege of Mariupol
- Snake Island
- Snake Island campaign
- Sviatoshynskyi District
- Ukrainian Ground Forces
- War in Donbas
Government & Politics(33)
The state, its institutions, leaders, and constitution.
- Administrative territorial entity of Ukraine
- Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Boris Nemtsov
- Borys Filatov
- Borys Tarasyuk
- Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
- Central Election Commission of Ukraine
- Constitution of Ukraine
- Constitutional Court of Ukraine
- Crimean Tatar
- Foreign relations of Ukraine
- Human rights in Ukraine
- Kyiv City State Administration
- Lviv Oblast
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
- Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
- Mykola Azarov
- National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
- Nikolay Aleksandrovich Tikhonov
- Odesa Oblast
- Petro Poroshenko
- Political party in Ukraine
- President of Ukraine
- Prime Minister of Ukraine
- Security Service of Ukraine
- Servant of the People
- Ukraine-NATO relations
- Ukraine–European Union relations
- Ukrainian Insurgent Army
- Ukrainian nationalism
- Verkhovna Rada
- Viktor Yanukovych
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
People & Society(41)
The Ukrainian people, language, and religious life.
- Anatoliy Solovyanenko
- Andriy Shevchenko
- Babi Yar
- Borys Paton
- Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
- Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
- Coat of arms of Ukrainiae
- Denys Shmyhal
- Dmytro Pavlychko
- Flag of Ukraine
- History of Ukraine
- Independence Day of Ukraine
- Ivan Franko
- Ivan Mazepa
- Jamala
- Leonid Kravchuk
- Leonid Kuchma
- Lesya Ukrainka
- LGBT rights in Ukraine
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti
- Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
- Oleh Blokhin
- Oleksandr Turchynov
- Olga Kurylenko
- Rusalka
- Ruslana Lyzhychko
- Sergei Bubka
- Slavic religion
- Sofia Rotaru
- Taras Shevchenko
- Ukrainian
- Ukrainian diaspora
- Ukrainian folk music
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church
- Ukrainians
- Viktor Yushchenko
- Vitali Klitschko
- Western Ukraine
- Yevhen Konovalets
- Yulia Tymoshenko
- Zaporozhian Cossacks
Culture & Arts(38)
Cuisine, music, folk traditions, and national symbols.
- Bandura
- Borscht
- Cabbage roll
- Culture of Ukraine
- Dance in Ukraine
- Dnipro Art Museum
- Fine Arts Museum Kharkiv
- Hopak
- Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater
- Kherson Art Museum
- Kobzar
- Kolomyjka
- Kutia
- Kyiv National Academic Theatre of Operetta
- Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet
- Music of Ukraine
- Mykola Lysenko
- National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II
- National Opera of Ukraine
- Odesa Film Studio
- Oles Honchar
- Paska
- Pavlo Tychyna
- Petrykivka painting
- Potato pancake
- Pysanka
- Rag doll
- Rushnyk
- Salo
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- Trembita
- Ukrainian cuisine
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Ukrainian literature
- Ukrainian Museum
- Uzhhorod Castle
- Varenyky
- Vyshyvanka
Economy & Industry(26)
Agriculture, currency, and the wider Ukrainian economy.
- Agriculture in Ukraine
- Antonov
- ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih
- Black Sea Shipping Company
- Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
- DTEK
- Economy of Ukraine
- Energoatom
- Hryvnia
- Interpipe Group
- Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman
- Kyiv Zhuliany International Airport
- Kyivstar
- Lviv National Environmental University
- Metinvest
- Motor Sich
- Naftogaz of Ukraine
- National Bank of Ukraine
- Nova Post
- Oschadbank
- PrivatBank
- Roshen
- Ukrainian Defense Industry
- Ukrainian Exchange
- Ukrainian Railways
- Ukrnafta