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As of 2010, there are several women's rights groups active in Ukraine, [11] [12] [13] including Feminist Ofenzyva [14] and Ukrainian Woman's Union. [15] FEMEN, the most active women's rights group in Kyiv, was officially closed in 2013. The organization left Ukraine because the leadership feared "for their lives and freedom". [16] [17] [18]
Raya Dunayevskaya (1910–1987), Ukrainian-born Russian-American, historical writings on Marxism and feminism, author of Marxism and Freedom: From 1776 Until Today; Ariel Durant (1898–1981), Ukrainian-born Russian-American non-fiction writer, co-author of The Story of Civilization with her husband Will Durant
Ukraine enters into written history with the establishment of the medieval state of Kievan Rus'. In Dnieper Ukraine, the tribe of Polans served as the organizers of Kievan Rus' state, beginning to name themself and their land Rus' in 9th century, a word that probably derived from the Varangians, who laid the foundation of the state itself.
Rukh (Ukrainian: Рух; movement), a Ukrainian centre-right political party the People's Movement of Ukraine. Sich (Ukrainian: Січ), the administrative and military centre for Cossacks. Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian: Верхо́вна Ра́да), Ukraine's parliament, literally Supreme Council, formerly also translated as the Supreme Soviet.
Natalia Vlaschenko, Ukrainian journalist, theatrologist, screenwriter, television presenter, playwright, producer, columnist, [11] publisher and contributing editor; Natan Ilyich Zabara (1908–1975), Ukrainian-Jewish writer in Yiddish; Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian writer in Russian language, born in Velyki Sorochyntsi
International Federation for Research in Women's History – founded 1987, organizes international conferences; ... Ukrainian Women's Union (1920–1938), ...
Lesya Ukrainka [1] (Ukrainian: Леся Українка, romanized: Lesia Ukrainka, pronounced [ˈlɛsʲɐ ʊkrɐˈjinkɐ]; born Larysa Petrivna Kosach, Ukrainian: Лариса Петрівна Косач; 25 February [O.S. 13 February] 1871 – 1 August [O.S. 19 July] 1913) was one of Ukrainian literature's foremost writers, best known for her poems and plays.
Ukrainian profanities (Ukrainian: лайливі слова, romanized: lailyvi slova) are words and expressions that are considered improper or even rude in everyday language. Like many other languages, the profanities in Ukrainian are also based on sexuality or the human body. Unlike the Russian profanities, the ones in Ukrainian tend to lean ...