Atira Ruthenia works with museums, heritage sites, universities, event organisers and HEMA clubs to share the history of medieval Ruthenia with wider audiences — through joint events, education programmes and cultural exchange.
Museum and educational partner · Ukraine
Cooperation memorandum signed · May 2026
Atira Ruthenia and the Museum of Kyiv History signed a memorandum of cooperation and partnership on 31 May 2026. The partnership provides a framework for joint cultural and educational events, historical reenactment, interactive museum programmes and the promotion of Kyiv’s and Ukraine’s heritage.
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Event participation · Ukraine
Atira Ruthenia participates each year in “Tu Stan. The Hero’s Path” at Tustan. The festival programme includes medieval camps, fighting and medieval competitions, craft workshops in tanning, medieval writing, pottery, and stonemasonry, as well as knife throwing and archery.
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Long-term club collaboration · Ukraine
Atira Ruthenia and Chorna Halych have an around ten-year relationship of mutual support, including joint participation at Tustan every year and a joint trip to Kernavė.
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Educational collaboration
March 2026
In March 2026, Atira Ruthenia delivered lectures and a hands-on workshop on the military history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and historical reconstruction, as part of History Faculty Week at Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiienko National University (24–25 March). The club is now working towards establishing a university chapter.
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Institutional collaboration / public history event · Ukraine
Atira Ruthenia contributed living-history interpretation to the 2026 festival “A Millennium of Ukrainian Statehood: from Rus to modern Ukraine,” organised with the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory. Club leader and veteran Bohdan Ostroushenko presented reconstructed clothing and material culture to the public.
Read event coverageWe welcome new collaborations with museums, schools and universities, festivals and event organisers, and HEMA clubs — in Ukraine, Ireland and beyond. In Ireland, we're building our local network from the ground up and are open to pilot projects and new partnerships.
