Regina Filonenko

Dec 25, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Regina Filonenko

USA: Santa Claus The name “Santa Claus” originates from the Dutch “Sinterklaas,” a variation of St. Nicholas. The modern American image of Santa began to take shape in the 19th century, thanks to Clement Clarke Moore’s famous poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” It was here that Santa first appeared as a jolly, plump man bearing a sack full of gifts. Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.

Mar 10, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Bohdan Nahaylo |Regina Filonenko |Kateryna Zakharchenko

In times of war, culture holds even greater significance than in times of peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the Taras Shevchenko National Prize ceremony in Kyiv on March 9. During wartime, cultural figures are crucial as they narrate the story of Ukraine, preserve the memory of everything the Ukrainian people endure, reviving what gives people strength. "In times of war – even more so than in times of peace – we must all remember the significance of culture.

Mar 9, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Bohdan Nahaylo |Regina Filonenko |Andriy Bondar |Jeremy Dirac

From the Editors:  March 9 Marks the 210th anniversary of Ukraine’s greatest poet and architect of its modern national identity –Taras Shevchenko. We are therefore reprinting an article by our Chief Editor that covers a little-known but very illuminating episode in his life. A legendary Afro-American actor in the middle of the nineteenth century flees slavery and meets on the other side of the world Ukraine’s leading poet and recent political prisoner who had earlier been freed from serfdom.

Mar 8, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Regina Filonenko |Andriy Bondar |Stash Luczkiw |Bohdan Nahaylo

Paris was one of the world’s leading centers of cultural and intellectual life for much of the modern period. But did you know that among the women that became muses, lovers or wives of some of the greatest artists and intellectuals of their day associated with the French capital, several of the leading femme fatales were from Ukraine. They have even been immortalized in their works.

Feb 23, 2024 | kyivpost.com | Ugo Poletti |Regina Filonenko |Jason Smart |Anna Neplii

In the premiere episode of Talking Substance, filmed on the eve of the second-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, host Yulia Mel'nyk speaks with guest Peter Dickinson, a veteran British journalist based in Kyiv, Editor of the Atlantic Council's Ukraine Alert Service, Business Ukraine and Lviv Today magazines publisher, about what's transpired over the past two years, its significance, and on how it might shape Ukraine's and Europe's future.