We are presenting the exhibition “Synagogues of Bohuslav. Forgotten History”, displayed in the oldest building in the city of Bohuslav, a stone house (‘kamianytsia’) built in 1726. It is also a Jewish ḥeder (cheder), or primary school. The building is located in a busy area of the oldest part in the city. It has a […]
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On Friday, 3 November 2023, Bohuslavshchyna welcomed more than 50 guests – heads of culture departments from different cities of Kyiv region, led by Olena Zavalska, Director of the Kyiv Regional Centre for Folk Art, Cultural and Educational Work. The event was organised by Tetiana Kutsenko, Head of the Department of Culture, Youth and Sports of
The old churches of the Nadrossia region (the area over the river Ros’) are astonishing in their beauty and harmony. Although not all of them have survived to this day, photographs and drawings give an idea of what the world of Orthodox Christians looked like in the last and the century before that. Our
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“When Hryhoriy returned from the camps, he was welcomed by the whole village. We have photos. He was so well-loved and respected. Many people joined resistance together with him, and he never betrayed anyone. They [the former members of an underground organization] lived a decent life until they were old,” recalls his sister Mariia
One of the exhibitions of the project “Religious Communities of Old Bohuslav” – “Engravings by Napoleon Orda: Roman Catholic Churches” – immerses the audience in the Roman Catholic world of the Bohuslavshchyna, where Poles lived since the 11th century. The exhibition is housed in the Bohuslav Roman Catholic Church of St. Wladyslaw, built in
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It was Saturday, Indian summer, 25 degrees Celsius in October – a great opportunity to go on an ethnographic expedition to the villages of Bohuslavshchyna! Actually, that is what the team of the “Around Us. UA” NGO exactly did, making their way to two villages at once – Rozkopantsi and Teptiyivka. In Rozkopantsi, we
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On 19 October 2023, we paid a visit to the Smartika private primary school in Kyiv city. This school has a great tradition of ending the school quarter with a charity fair. This time, representatives of the “Around Us.UA” NGO also took part in the fair. Traditional Ukrainian costumes of the Kyiv region (Kyivshchyna), recreated from
At the weekend, we went on an expedition to Medvyn, which is now the administrative centre of the territorial community and for a long time belonged to the Bohuslav district. There we recorded folklore from Liubov Fesenko, a soloist of the vocal ensemble Dzherelo. Liubov was born in Medvyn, worked as a teacher in
On 8 September 2023, a series of exhibitions “Religious Communities of Old Bohuslav” opened in the city of Bohuslav. The centuries-long life of national communities in the Bohuslavshchyna – Poles, Jews, and Ukrainians – is best evidenced by their religious activities. That is precisely the reason why the “Around Us. UA” NGO presented a
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The songs that have been performed in Moskalenky since the dawn of time are now the heritage of our expeditionary work. We were kindly invited to Moskalenky village and hospitably met by the soloists of the “Berehynia” (“Hearth Mother”) ensemble (artistic director Olena Sukhodolska), who recorded for us lyrical, humorous folk songs and songs of the
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