Pysankarstvo has probably been an activity associated in Ukraine with the the coming of spring and the vernal equinox since ancient times, although no one can be certain when the tradition began. 

It has evolved in recent years from a simple folk tradition with talismanic importance to a complex decorative art, and the pysanka itself has become a Ukrainian national symbol.

(Note:  This section is a work in progress.  Not all of the links below lead to completed pages.)

An outline of pysanka history:

                Ancient Ukraine:  The Neolithic Era Trypillian Culture and after
                Kyivan Rus‘: Medieval Slavic Empire

                        Ceramic Pysanky from Kyivan Rus’
                The Christian Era

                Lviv Pysanka: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
                Baturyn Pysanka: The Kozak Era of Mazepa
                Literary References
                Modern Times:

                        Urbanization and Market Pysankarstvo

                        19th and 20th Century Ethnography
                Soviet Era
                Ukrainian Diaspora (North America)

                       Vegreville
                Ukrainian Diaspora (Brazil)
                Independent Ukraine: 1991 and after

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