Podcast (English)
This episode takes you back in time to meet Dmytro Yavornitskiy — a Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, ethnographer, and museum founder known as “the father of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.” He devoted his life to restoring the truth about Ukraine’s heroic past and preserving national memory under the pressure of empires, censorship, and wars. Discover how Yavornitskiy’s passion for history became his lifelong mission, why he was expelled from universities, exiled from his homeland, and yet managed to build one of Ukraine’s greatest museums — the Dnipro Historical Museum that now bears his name.
This episode takes you back in time to meet Dmytro Yavornitskiy — a Ukrainian historian, archaeologist, ethnographer, and museum founder known as “the father of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.” He devoted his life to restoring the truth about Ukraine’s heroic past and preserving national memory under the pressure of empires, censorship, and wars. Discover how Yavornitskiy’s passion for history became his lifelong mission, why he was expelled from universities, exiled from his homeland, and yet managed to build one of Ukraine’s greatest museums — the Dnipro Historical Museum that now bears his name.
This episode tells the story of Dmytro Yavornitskiy — a passionate archaeologist, ethnographer, and museum founder who dedicated his life to collecting and preserving Ukraine’s cultural heritage. From ancient artifacts and folk songs to Petrykivka paintings and Cossack relics, Yavornitskiy saw every detail as part of a grand mosaic of Ukrainian identity. Despite imperial bans and wars, he saved thousands of treasures, built one of the richest museums in Ukraine, and became a true guardian of national memory.
In this episode, we explore Dmytro Yavornitskiy as a public intellectual, cultural leader, and opinion former who shaped Ukrainian national identity under the pressure of empires. A passionate lecturer, community organizer, and museum curator, Yavornitskiy inspired generations to value their language, history, and culture — even when doing so meant standing against imperial and later Soviet repression.
In this episode, we talk about how Dmytro Yavornitskiy — a historian, ethnographer, and defender of Ukrainian culture — became one of the national heroes of Ukraine. We trace how his memory survived through Soviet repression, how his home was saved from destruction thanks to the Ukrainian diaspora, and how modern Ukraine continues to honor him with museums, monuments, and streets bearing his name.