Scythian Cannabis in Ancient Ukraine: Herodotus discovers hemp for Greeks

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Man’s Great Benefactor “Throughout the ages, Cannabis has been extolled as one of man’s greatest benefactors and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Cannabis...

Khokhols: Ilya Repin’s Ukrainian Cossacks

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Repin & Cossacks’ Reply World-famous painter Ilya Repin devoted 10 years to creating his painting The Reply of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan....

Khokhol Hairstyle: Millennium-Old Mark of Nobility of Kyiv Rus Rulers

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Leo the Deacon Byzantine court historian Leo the Deacon met Kyiv ruler Sviatoslav the Brave in person in 971 AD. Leo’s description of the famous...

Older than Stonehenge and Pyramids: Megalithic Cromlech Kurgan in Ukraine

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Excavations In early 2021, archaeologists began excavating a huge mound south of Dnipro in central Ukraine; it was 7.5 meters high and 50 meters in...

Homer’s Iliad & Ancient Ukraine: Achilles’ Burial of his friend Patroclus

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Patroclus Burial In Chapter 23 of the Iliad, Homer describes the epic scenes of Patroclus’ burial, which Achilles organized for his friend. The funeral ritual included...

Russian Betrayal of All Its Treaties in 1939: NYTimes archival article

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The Russian Betrayal 18 Sep, 1939 NY Times It is altogether probable that the Russian invasion of Poland, just at the moment when that country has been...

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Russian soldier’s first-aid kit vs Ukrainian one

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Russian soldier's first-aid kit is above and a Ukrainian one below.

European Scythians founded Persian and Bactrian empires, not vice versa

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"They thrice aspired to the supreme command in Asia; while they themselves remained always either unmolested or unconquered by any foreign power. Darius, king...

The ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ story describes Kyiv under Moscow’s occupation

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The 'Fiddler on the Roof' can help one to get a sense of what it was like to live in the Pale of Settlement,...

Moxel, ‘race of pure pagans’ to the north of Rus described...

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William of Rubruck was a Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer. In 1248, he accompanied King Louis IX of France on the Seventh Crusade. On...

Zoroastrian Fire Worship and Purification of Metals: How and Where the...

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In her PhD dissertation 'Crucible Steel in Central Asia: Production, Use, and Origin' presented at the University of London (available at Academia.edu), Anna Marie...

Lennox Lewis jokes in Kiev

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"This guy must be pretty important to have bodyguards like this! - writes he on his FB page

Russian ‘Czar’ title is of Oriental origin, – Marquise de Custine

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"The princes who now possess this sacred asylum of oriental despotism call themselves Europeans, because they have chased the Calmucs, their brethren, their...

Mystery of How Kyiv Shaped Early Christianity in Norway

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The third largest Norwegian city is Trondheim. It is best known for being linked to unruly Viking kings but now it turns out to become...

Steve Wozniak visits Kyiv. Says one of his 4 life long...

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"I always knew my last name was Ukrainian", - said the Apple co-founder on arriving to Ukraine's capital together with his wife. "This is one...

Ballistic missiles deployed to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of...

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The book 'Rockets and People' is part of the NASA History Series. It was written by the Soviet Academician Boris Chertok. The Preface to...

Darius the Great Flees Scythia/Ukraine: Saved by donkeys and the bridge

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“Darius sent a horseman to Idanthyrsos king of the Scythians with this message: "You extraordinary man! Why do you keep fleeing when you certainly...

Outstanding Ukrainian Planes

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-  Antonov An-2 recently has been included in the Guiness Book of Records as the only plane that's been in production for 70 years!! Unfortunately, some countries like North...