Kropyvach (Кропивач) is a Ukrainian bulletin board that was founded by “SHooZ” around January 26, 2016.¹⁾ The website is mainly known for its enforcement of 'anti-Russian' policies in September 2017, which cemented it as the centerpiece of Ukrainian imageboards.

Following Sich's presumed death, “SHooZ” (!bzLNSOYxG2) establishes Kropyvach, using an original Python script called “Kropyvaba”,²⁾ at “shooz.pythonanywhere.com” around January 26, 2016.³⁾ The website would eventually move to “kropyva.ch” and switch to Vichan on June 19, 2016.⁴⁾ Much of its early history is otherwise unremarkable, until they began to enforce their 'anti-Russian' policies around September 2017.⁵⁾

The incident allowed Kropyvach to surge past Hyperchan and Fainach, dominating the Ukrainian imageboard scene for most of the late 2010s. Despite Kropyvach spreading to Ukrainian Facebook in 2020, there was a minor decline with the pandemic and Nichan's flashy revival. Following the Russian intervention in 2022, all non-Ukrainian IPs were blocked or restricted until 2024.

• Kropyvach is named after the flowering plant 'kropyva' (кропива), or nettle, a common ingredient in Ukrainian cuisine (e.g. borscht) and Ukrainian medicine (e.g. nettle soup).
  • For those curious, 'kropyva' would be 'krapiva' (крапива) in Russian, thus 'Krapivach' (Крапивач).
• The term 'green creativity' (зелені креативи) refers to the 'unripe' ideas that would get pitched whenever a new community emerges. For Kropyvach, they imported Pepe the Frog and it stuck.
• In 2023, there was very significant war against Devyach.⁶⁾ I don't know if I want to write about that.

• Kropyvach - The front page of Kropyvach.
  • @kropyvach on Twitter - The official Twitter account. It's mostly a feed.
• Entsyklopediia Dramatyka - Kropyvach's self-hosted “Encyclopedia Dramatica” wiki.
  • Kropyvach on Entsyklopediia Dramatyka
• Kropyvach on Faina Memoriia