''Culture and Life'' ( uk, Культура і життя) is a national Ukrainian weekly newspaper.

History

Founded in January 1913 by

Hnat Khotkevych Hnat Martynovych Khotkevych ( uk, Гнат Мартинович Хоткевич, also ''Gnat Khotkevich'' or ''Hnat Khotkevych'', born December 31, 1877 – died October 8, 1938) was a Ukrainian writer, ethnographer, playwright, composer, musico ...

. On October 7, 1923, re-founded under the title ''Literature, Science and Art'' as an annex to the newspaper ''Izvestia VUTSVK'', its first chief editor was Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny. In 1925, became part of the newspaper ''Culture and Everyday Life'', which was published in 1925—1928 as an addition to ''Izvestia VUTSVK''. From January 1929 to November 1930 was called ''Literature and Art''. Under the same name was issued in 1941–1944 in various cities —

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, again in

. In 1945—1954 it was called ''Soviet Art'', in 1955–1964, ''Soviet Culture''. The modern name, ''Culture and Life'', was adopted May 3, 1965. After the

Independence of Ukraine The Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine ( uk, Акт проголошення незалежності України, Akt proholoshennya nezalezhnosti Ukrayiny) was adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR on 24 August 1991.

— it became the official press organ of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. Re-founded by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the Central Committee of Trade Union of Culture of Ukraine, and the labor collective editorial. Since 2017 it habe been published under CC-BY 3.0 license.

Reforming in 2019

The publications of the National Newspaper and Magazine Publishing House, including the newspaper Kultura i Zhyttia, were not reformed under the Law of Ukraine “On Reforming State and Municipal Print Media” due to the refusal of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine to withdraw from the co-founders. On February 14, 2019, the newspaper "Culture and Life" received a new certificate of state registration No. 23788-13628R. The new founder of the newspaper was the Limited Liability Company "Ukrainian Culture Publishing House", established on December 28, 2018, by the editors of the National Newspaper and Magazine Publishing House. On April 24, 2019, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine included the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Yevhen Nyschuk in the anti-rating "Enemies of Press Reform" for obstructing the reform of Ukrainian Culture, Music, Culture and Life and Crimean Room.

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Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ( uk, Енциклопедія Сучасної України (ЕСУ), translit=Entsyklopediia Suchasnoi Ukrainy (ESU)), abbreviated EMU, is a multi-volume national encyclopedia of Ukraine. It is an academic proj ...

90th anniversary of the newspaper "Culture and Life"
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