There was continued fighting in Ukraine until 1920 ... In 1936, he reimagined “Shchedryk” as a Christmas carol, rewriting the lyrics as the “Carol of the Bells” we know today.
Leontovych's Shchedryk: the story of a Ukrainian song that sounds at Christmas in movies and in the hearts of millions ...
Over a century ago, a Ukrainian choirmaster wrote what became known as the “Carol of the Bells.” Our writer sought out its birthplace in Pokrovsk.
This will be the first Christmas that Lyubov spends without her son Taras Onyskiv, who died aged 32 in May while fighting off Russian troops on the eastern front.
Unlike Christmas Eve, Christmas Day in Ukraine is celebrated lavishly. There is lots of meat and sweets on the table. There ...
Carol of the bells' is globally known as a Christmas carol, but in Ukraine, it's also an embodiment of cultural resistance.