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The young Ukrainian artist, Sasha Kotyenko, discusses her culture and traditions, and describes a painting she made of herself and her sisters embroidering.

A retelling of the traditional tale of how a boy's lost mitten becomes a refuge from the cold for an increasing number of animals.

A biography of the young Ukrainian figure skater who won a gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Alicia tells of her flight from the Nazis through the fields of Poland, rescuing other Jews, leading them to safe hideouts, and offering them courage and hope.

The author recalls her experiences and those of her family during the Holocaust in the Ukraine, and describes their times of hiding, death and betrayal, and other horrific encounters.

American college student Jonathan Safran Foer sets out, along with Ukranian travel agent Alex Perchov, Alex's depressive grandfather, and the family dog, in an attempt to find the village where a Ukranian woman might or might not have saved Jonathan's grandfather from the Nazis during World War II.

When he does not follow the warnings of his friend the cat, a rooster is captured by a wily fox.

A Ukranian tale in which a beautiful young girl visits the fair for the first time. While there, a young man asks for her hand in marriage.

Viktor Yushchenko was able to win the first truly democratic election (despite overwhelming odds) in his nation's history to become president of the Ukraine. As president he faced the challenges of running a country still struggling with independence, past problems with corrupt leadership, and a struggling economy.

A play in which three itinerant actors arrive in a town that has been ravaged by a brutal Cossack raid in 1649, and the only surviving residents demand they stage a mock trial of God, indicting Him for His silence in the face of evil.