In the 100th episode of Wandering the Edge, Christina Paschyn, director and producer of Etched in Memory discusses the complicated history of the Crimean Tatars within overall Ukrainian history, but also the difficulty of expressing the plight of the indigenous people of Ukraine among a global audience. Her documentary film follows Crimean Tatar activists as they try to survive during the Russian occupation and all the painstaking work they do to support those who refuse to leave their ancestral homeland, which is once again being occupied by Russia.

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The modern Ukrainian currency is the hryvnia, but it is older than Russia! What was the hryvnia and how did it come to be Ukraine's currency? Find out in this episode about the various historical currency that Ukrainians used throughout their history in this episode of Wandering the Edge!

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There were thousands of Ukrainians who refused to be repatriated back to the Soviet Union after the end of the Second World War in Europe. These Ukrainians were placed in Displaced Persons camps where they created their own little Ukraine. They took those organizational talents and Ukrainian consciousness with them when they emigrated to various countries and have contributed to the Ukrainian Diaspora culture. Find out how they did this and why it is important in this episode of Wandering the Edge!

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The Ukrainian Helsinki Group was filled with varied dissident Ukrainians who wanted Ukrainian independence, self determination and the safeguarding of individual human rights. They fought in their own, on their own terms and were imprisoned for it in the 1970s. Find out who they were, what they fought for and which Ukrainian grandmother had the KGB worrying about having heart attacks! Find out on Wandering the Edge!

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The Ukrainian Insurgent Army had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and supporters but how did they win their battles and how did they loose? And what role did women play? This episode will talk about that but also their importance in Ukrainian history and historiography! Find out in this 2nd episode dedicated to the history and influence of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army on Wandering the Edge!

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The Ukrainian Insurgent Army was an underground Ukrainian guerrilla army that was active during the Second World War and fought against both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. But how were they founded and why did thousands of young Ukrainians join their ranks? Find out in this 1st of 2 episodes dedicated to the history and influence of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army on Wandering the Edge!

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Did you know the Soviet Union's first show trial was in Ukraine? It happened in 1930 in Kharkiv against the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine and resulted in the guilty sentence of 45 Ukrainian intellectuals. It became the basis of all other show trials which also included those in the 1940s, primarily of western Ukrainians who were part of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Find out why they happened and what evidence was actually used against these Ukrainians in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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Ukraine and Ukrainians have used political assassinations to push their agenda into the spotlight or protest grievances against Ukrainians. Ukrainians have also been targeted by some of the Soviet Union's best assassins and for glaringly obvious reasons. So, who were these high-profile victims and assassins? And how were the assassinations planned and carried out? Find out in this latest episode of Wandering the Edge!

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