WASHINGTON – Ukrainians still do not have a sufficient knowledge and understanding of their own history. For while Ukrainian historical scholarship has made great strides since independence, its results have not penetrated the general population. Even the war of independence, the Holodomor, the second world war and the Holocaust are insufficiently known. Thus, there is a need for a responsible “popular history” that is more accessible than the writings of professional scholarship but more balanced and accurate than what is often presented by the media.