Episodes

  • Operation "Vistula" (Akcja „Wisła”) - the 1947 Ukrainian Resettlement
    May 1 2025

    In 1947, the Polish communist state internally displaced the rest of their 150,000 Ukrainian minority. They spattered them among the now empty German territories they gained when Stalin moved Poland's borders west. Why did this happen? And how was the operation conducted? And was it a success? Find out in this episode of Wandering the Edge!

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    38 mins
  • Ukraine's First Independence
    Apr 15 2025

    What was the good, the bad and the ugly about Ukraine's first independence in 1918? How did it begin and why did it fail? And who was responsible for it? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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    32 mins
  • The UPA 4
    Apr 1 2025

    Who were the UPA 4? The 4 women of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army who received 25 years imprisonment for their roles in the Ukrainian underground? How did each women even end up in the UPA? What were their roles and what did they sacrifice for their beliefs? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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    48 mins
  • The Two Winter Campaigns
    Mar 14 2025

    During Ukraine's first independence drive, the Ukrainian army attempted to break out through the Monarchist and Bolshevik fronts, these two attempts were known as the First and Second Winter Campaigns. Where they successful? Who commanded them? And why are they important to Ukrainian military history? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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    39 mins
  • The Primary Source - The Primary Chronicle
    Mar 1 2025

    Ukraine's primary source on our Medieval history is the Primary Chronicle. But is it a primary source and what is it exactly? Who wrote it? How did it become so important? And how has it evolved throughout the centuries to use as a political tool? Find out more in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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    28 mins
  • Ukraine's Volodymyr the Great
    Feb 15 2025

    Why was Volodymyr the Great - great? How did a legalized bastard become the leader of Europe's largest kingdom at that time? And how did he choose Orthodox Christianity as his new religion to baptize this empire? And why is his influence so great in this modern era? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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    32 mins
  • The Prosvita Enlightenment Society
    Feb 1 2025

    What was the Prosvita (Enlightenment) Society that was founded in Lviv in 1868? Why was it the single most important Ukrainian society to basically ever exist? And what role did it play in Ukraine's fight for independence, self-sufficiency and cultural history? Find out in this episode of Wandering the Edge!

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    37 mins
  • The 1919 Paris Peace Talks - A Disappointment to Ukraine
    Dec 1 2024

    The 1919 Paris Peace talks in Versailles was supposed to be end of war in Europe. But in just 20 years, a world war would begin anew - one of the reasons for which was the outcomes of the Peace Talks. But what was the affect of this peace for Ukraine and Ukrainians? And is there a warning in ignoring the wants and needs of a large segment of the European population to appease bigger nations? Find out in this episode of Wandering the Edge!

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    38 mins