The tradition of putting up an evergreen tree, or "yolka," to celebrate New Year's dates to the beginning of the former Soviet Union.
It was ordered to decorate Moscow’s main streets and the homes of the nobility with conifer trees and branches. The New Year festivities lasted for seven days, topping the holiday off with a bonfire ...
If you’ve ever chopped down your own Christmas tree (or picked up a real one from your local tree lot), you know you might be bringing home more than just yuletide cheer. Creepy crawly bugs like ...
Father Vasyl Diychuk, 41, shows the spot near the river where his village used to build an ice town on Epiphany, celebrated ...
Felix, 39, who is responsible for providing logistical and moral support for his unit, said fighters are simply exhausted. He ...
Ukrainians faced fresh Russian drone and missile strikes on energy infrastructure nationwide on Tuesday night into Christmas ...
Vladimir Putin has been accused by Kyiv of launching a series of “inhuman” strikes towards Ukraine’s energy grid on Christmas ...