Concertgoers filled Carnegie Hall on a rainy Thursday in October 1922 for a 35-piece performance by the Ukrainian National Choir. It was the first stop on an American tour to promote Ukrainian culture ...

Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, has reported that "Shchedryk" ("Carol of the Bells") by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych "resounded again in the walls of the legendary Carnegie Hall" in ...

"Carol of the Bells" is one of the most recognizable Christmas songs on Earth, and we have Ukraine to thank for giving "Christmas magic to the world." According to the Ukraine government website, ...

Did you know that Carol of the Bells comes from Ukraine? Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych wrote Shchedryk in 1916, originally as a winter folk song. The Ukrainian National Chorus brought the carol ...

The song known in English as The Carol of the Bells is widely recognized as a Christmas melody. But in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, residents know it as Shchedryk, a work by the local composer and ...

On Dec. 4, Carnegie Hall will host a holiday celebration to benefit Ukraine. Compositions by Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Eric Whitacre and others will be performed by choral groups from North ...

As Ukraine’s military fights to hold of the Russian invasion following a third Christmas season, the nation unites to the sound of a classic Christmas tune. “Shchedryk,” known in English as “The ...

It started as “Shchedryk,” a song about a little bird that was first performed in the United States in 1922. Its enchanting melody has since been sung by Beyoncé and Barenaked Ladies. By Rob LeDonne ...

Editor's note: For the holiday season, the Kyiv Independent has created a unique collection dedicated to Carol of the Bells.