Lil' Wells is often called the Ukrainian alternative to Halloween. "On this day, so to speak, they honored the god Veles, who was the patron of cattle breeding, and also met and entertained the souls of the dead. However, we do not have any historical or ethnographic source that mentions Lille Wells," says the candidate of historical sciences and ethnologist Anastasia Krivenko. Did such a holiday really exist, what is known about it and what is Russia involved in here - find out in the material. Collage: Drina Dmitrenko / LIGA. net.

Lil' Wells is often called the Ukrainian alternative to Halloween. "On this day, so to speak, they honored the god Veles, who was the patron of cattle breeding, and also met and entertained the souls of the dead. However, we do not have any historical or ethnographic source that mentions Lille Wells," says the candidate of historical sciences and ethnologist Anastasia Krivenko. Did such a holiday really exist, what is known about it and what is Russia involved in here - find out in the material. Collage: Drina Dmitrenko / LIGA. net.