Ukrainian Short Stories

This innovative audiobook collection brings together eight timeless stories, carefully adapted for intermediate Ukrainian language learners (B1-B2 level). Each story is presented in both Ukrainian and English, creating an immersive yet accessible learning experience that bridges the gap between language study and literature appreciation.

Enhance your Ukrainian language skills with "Ukrainian Short Stories for Beginners (A2) Skill Level," a resource specifically designed for learners at the A2 level. This educational book features 30 carefully crafted short stories aimed at helping intermediate beginners deepen their language comprehension and fluency.

This “Eerie Fairy Tale” is about choices we make in life, about their consequences, and about priorities. In our lives, we must make choices. When we say someone chooses for us, we simply transfer the responsibility to someone stronger and more aggressive, to a leader, to surrounding people, to circumstances, to fate, to destiny. This is a choice though. What does it lead to? Does it provide an opportunity for a happy and carefree life? What are the consequences? When one makes a choice of a wrong way, makes a deal with a devil or supports the devil’s actions, or silently observes the...

The myths of Ukraine were never written in ink; they were whispered by the wind and carved into the banks of the Dnipro. Step into a land defined by extremes – where endless golden steppes meet the crushing density of the Carpathian forests. For centuries, the people here lived by a "dual faith," a survival strategy where the church provided salvation, but the spirits of the earth provided the rules. Whispers from the Dnipro is not just a collection of fairy tales; it is a record of the negotiations between humanity and the wild. In these pages, the spirits are not monsters to be slain by...

The Global Citizen Vocabulary Mastery audiobooks are intentionally and judiciously structured for vocabulary definition and pronunciation learning, retention, and recall for individuals who are completely new to the language!

While the world watched the uprising on the Maidan as an episode in geopolitics, those in Ukraine lived the revolution as an existential transformation: the blurring of night and day, the loss of a sense of time, the sudden disappearance of fear, the imperative to make choices. In this lyrical and intimate book, Marci Shore evokes the human face of the Ukrainian Revolution. Grounded in the true stories of activists and soldiers, parents, and children, Shore's book blends a narrative of suspenseful choices with a historian's reflections on what revolution is and what it means.

When Lena marries Alex, a daring young helicopter pilot, it feels like she’s won life’s lottery. But as Russia descends deeper into a brutal war with Ukraine, Alex returns home a changed man—haunted, violent, and loyal only to the military machine that devours him. Who is Alex now? A war criminal? A looter? A man willing to commit a horrific act to save his dead friend’s wife and children from a predatory bank? War claims Alex, and he becomes a ghost in Lena's life. A ghost who sends her money—huge sums. And yet, she is left to raise their son alone in a world growing colder by ...

Learn Conversational Ukrainian Vol. 1 is an audio course for beginners or for anyone who struggles with becoming fluent in Ukrainian. The focus of this course is to practice speaking conversational Ukrainian from the very first lesson. The course is divided into 30 lessons, 6 review lessons and 3 listening comprehension lessons. Each lesson contains useful everyday phrases related to a specific topic.

The Ukraine is a collection of twenty-six pieces that deliberately blur the line between nonfiction and fiction, conjuring the essence of a beloved country through its tastes, smells, and sounds, its small towns and big cities, its people and their compassion and indifference, simplicities and complications. The Ukraine conveys to listeners a place that Chapeye and his countrymen are currently fighting for with their lives. The book features a preface by the author, which he composed on his phone from the front lines.

From Christmas music to gifts and food, as well as a look back through the country's rich and troubled history through the perspective of the festive season, this beautiful and powerful book introduces listeners to Ukraine's unique Christmas traditions. In a country where East and West meet, this is a fascinating and unmissable guide to capturing the spirit of one of the most important times of year and a powerful reminder of the strength of holding on to your culture and beliefs, even as others try to take everything from you.

This is a simple audio guide to Ukrainian for children incorporating songs, music, and games. Topics covered include core words and phrases that can be put to daily use, including numbers, colors, greetings, foods, animals, places, and many other topics. This is an ideal way for a young learner to get exposure to the Ukrainian language including hearing Ukrainian songs to improve their pronunciation. Sound effects are also used to make words and phrases more memorable.

Young Linguists lets kids learn essential Ukrainian language skills fast whether at home, in the car, or anywhere with headphones. That means short lessons to help kids stay engaged, and daily repetition to reinforce learning. We also narrow down vocabulary to the most-used words and phrases so that you are learning what you can apply.

Kiev. 1942. Larissa is a renowned embroiderer, surviving in occupied Ukraine as a seamstress in her ruin of a workshop. When an SS officer arrives to order a traditionally embroidered Ukrainian shirt, Larissa uses the opportunity to create a piece of art from her handiwork. Threading together the history and the horrors between the two enemies, she finds a way to express her defiance toward the Nazis and the local collaborators. But at what price? Prepare yourself for an unforgettable journey behind the Second World War’s eastern front.

Women’s prose writing has exploded on the literary scene in Ukraine just prior to and following Ukrainian independence in 1991. Over the past two decades scores of fascinating new women authors have emerged. These authors write in a wide variety of styles and genres including short stories, novels, essays, and new journalism. In the collection you will find: realism, magical realism, surrealism, the fantastic, deeply intellectual writing, newly discovered feminist perspectives, philosophical prose, psychological mysteries, confessional prose, and much more.

A Word Is Not A Sparrow is a diverse anthology of stories set amid Russian repression through the centuries; personal narrator testimony about the impact in America of immigrant grandparents from Ukraine and elsewhere; powerful fables and allegories that deliver universal messages about displacement, migration, and human connection; and classic Cossack folk tales that are a touchstone of Ukrainian culture. Listen as we let these words fly out around the world.

Діти не бояться жити, бо покликані відкривати світ і, можливо, він існує до тих пір, поки дорослим вистачає інтересу іти слідом за вічно невгамовними та непосидючими дітьми... Ніна Бічуя знає цю таємницю. Тому нікуди не "кличе" і не "веде" читачів і ніколи не "судить" своїх героїв, аби розвісити на них "потрібні" ярлички. Вона їх любить і розуміє. І читачів, і героїв... Зміст: Шпага Славка Беркути. Великі розквітлі магнолії. Звичайний шкільний тиждень. Притча про Учителя й Учня. Гаманець.

What happens when Western fantasies collide with Eastern reality? Dive into four riveting tales of romance, deception, resilience, and revolution in modern Ukraine. Foreigner’s Guide to Ukrainian Women and Other Stories offers a sharp, satirical, and deeply human lens into love and life across borders. Based on both fiction and real-life events, this bold collection pulls back the curtain on Eastern Europe’s untold dramas and romantic entanglements. 🧳 1. Foreigner’s Guide to Ukrainian Women Johnny Best is a tech millionaire tired of California’s hollow glitter. Hoping to find ...

Як звірі правувалися з людьми - завершальна казка всесвітньовідомої збірки казок, створеної Іваном Франком. Цикл казок для дітей, об'єднаний спільною назвою "Коли ще звіри говорили", містить двадцять творів. Дев'ятнадцять з них вперше надруковані протягом 1896 – 1898 рр. у дитячому журналі "Дзвінок". 1903 р. було здійснене нове видання збірки, в якому з'явилась остання казка циклу - казкою – Як звірі правувалися з людьми. У казках Івана Яковича Франка в образах тварин втілено людські вади та недоліки: жадібність, невдячність, жорстокість і нечемність, хитрощі і лінощі. У казках тварини з цими рисами характеру завжди покарані.

У збірку увійшли перлини українського гумору – невеличкі веселі оповідання Остапа Вишні Мисливські усмішки, своєрідна та неповторна лірика мисливця та рибака, викладена у прозі. Цикл «Мисливські усмішки» Остапа Вишні жваво зображує картини полювання, дає влучні та смішні поради мисливцям та рибарям. До книги увійшли наступні усмішки: Відкриття охоти Як варити і їсти суп з дикої качки Лисиця Заєць Ведмідь Бекас Вовк Вальдшнеп Дика коза Дика гуска Як я з ним познайомився Перепілка Лось Дрохва Дикий кабан, або вепр Гагара Екіпіровка мисливця Ружжо З крякухою на озері Лебідь Короп Сом Щука Реготуни Бенгальський тигр.

Дідько на дзвіниці — сатирична новела Едгара Аллана По. Вперше була опублікована в 1839 році.В ізольованому містечку під назвою Vondervotteimittiss (дивно-котра-це-година) пунктуальні мешканці, здається, не хвилюються лише годинниками та капустою. Цей методичний, нудний і тихий район спустошений приходом диявольської фігури, що грає на великій скрипці, яка спускається прямо з пагорба, заходить у дзвіницю, жорстоко нападає на дзвіницю й дзвонить на тринадцяту годину, доводить до жаху мешканців міста.