17/08/2025
Since the dawn of Ukrainian independence in 1991, Kyiv’s central square has undergone a remarkable transformation that mirrors modern Ukraine’s national coming of age. Peter Dickinson explores how Maidan Nezalezhnosti became the ultimate symbol of Ukraine’s escape from empire and the country’s embrace of an independent identity
Ancient Kyiv is drenched in more than a millennium of history and boasts a dizzying array of cathedrals, monasteries, and palaces dating back hundreds of years. However, the location most intricately associated with modern Ukraine’s national journey is far younger than any of these venerable landm...