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Heart-shaped ornamentations on Kyiv Rus textiles 1000 years ago. ‘Sacral Ivy’?
What could that ornamentation be? The author of this article thinks that it is a representaion of an ivy leaf. We see this plant...
Halting aid to Ukraine would result in up to 20 times...
"In recent weeks, political voices advocating for the reduction or cessation of military support for Ukraine have gained ground in Germany and other nations....
Moscow appanage was insignificant until in 1276 the Mongols gave it...
Richard Pipes (July 11, 1923 – May 17, 2018) was an American academic who specialized in Russian and Soviet history. In 1976, he headed...
Russians hurl accusations at their victims in order to justify their...
"During his change of horse-relays, Turgenev asked to see Custine. There then ensued, presumably at the postal station, a most curious verbal exchange, the...
Scythian Faces on Golden Pectoral from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, Ukraine
B. Mozolevsky while commenting on the details of the world-famous Golden Pectoral he discovered in Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, noted the size of the heads...
Movies about Ukraine
The soundtrack to the American movie about Ukrainian Cossaks "Taras Bulba" in 1963 was nominated for Oscar. Currently Hollywod is about to release in 2017 the movie...
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Europe paid three times more in aid to Ukraine than the...
One of Trump's most repeated lies about Ukraine is his claim that Europe has provided only $100 billion in aid while the U.S. has...
Boxer Usyk wears same ‘khokhol’ hairstyle as famous Kyiv ruler Sviatoslav...
The famous ruler was King of Rus Sviatoslav the Brave. His appearance was descibed by Byzantine court historian Leo the Deacon who met him...
Vitaly Klitschko inducted in the Boxing Hall of Fame
"Klitschko was elected to the Hall of Fame in December, three years after he decided to re-enter politics in his native Ukraine. Also...
Ukrainian Church, Moscow, Constantinople
Here is a quick look at how Ukrainian Cossacks experienced reality and difference of Moscow church from the one they attended and what happened...
Servile to superiors, haughty and cruel to their dependents – description...
The picture of Russian manners varies little with reference to the prince or the peasant. The first nobleman in the empire, when dismissed by...
Ukraine’s Influence on the Runway Is Bigger Than You Think –...
https://www.vogue.com/article/ukraine-influence-runway-fashion-week
Powerful speech in Canadian Parliament by “proud Ukrainian-Canadian” Minister of Foreign...
Ms. Chrystia Freeland who called herself a proud Ukrainian-Canadian delivered a strong speech in Canadian Parliament yesterday. "The single most important pillar of this, which emerged following the...
Armenia’s most famous rulers were of the Parthian Arsacid dynasty, –...
Moses of Chorene (c. 410–490s AD) was a prominent Armenian historian from late antiquity and the author of the History of the Armenians. Movses identified himself as a young disciple...
R.I.P., NHL Hall-of-Famer Dale Hawerchuk
The leading scorer in the first iteration of the Winnipeg Jets and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame Dale Hawerchuk passed away...
Kyiv Royal Golden-Domed Rotunda-Chamber of the 12th century: ‘The Song of...
According to the Ukrainian Wikipedia page Kyiv Rotunda, the foundations of a large building of the 12th century situated across from the Church of...
“Smoke on the water, the fire on Moskva” – Deep Purple...
"Smoke on the Water" - a new painting depicting the sinking of Russian warship "Maskva" in the Black Sea during the Russia's ongoing war...
The ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ story describes Kyiv under Moscow’s occupation
The 'Fiddler on the Roof' can help one to get a sense of what it was like to live in the Pale of Settlement,...