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Ancient Lyubech in Ukraine: Ancestral home of Volodymyr the Great, Gateway...
Lyubech is currently a rural settlement in Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located 200 kilometers north of Kyiv, and near the border with...
He, Who Fights Alone: Volodymyr Monomakh, fearless hunter and Kyiv Rus’...
Volodymyr Monomakh was born a year before the death of Yaroslav “the Wise.” Vsevolod, Volodymyr’s father, was Yaroslav’s youngest son. The Primary Chronicle records...
Pereyaslavl, Volodymyr Monomakh’s native city: His decisive battles against Polovtsians
Primary Chronicle for the year 1054 states: “Yaroslav, Great Prince of Rus', passed away. While he was yet alive, he admonished his sons with...
Pereyaslavl, Kyiv Rus’ Forpost Against Asiatic Nomads: Volodymyr the Great’s fortresses...
M. P. Kuchera (1922-1999) was a Ukrainian archaeologist of Czech origin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, and Leading...
Kyiv controlled the Kerch Strait in 11th century AD: Stone of...
Stone of Tmutarakan was discovered on the Taman Peninsula in 1792. It was the time when the famous English traveler Edward D. Clarke was passing through...
Original Rus was centered in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Pereyaslavl only; Even...
Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a Soviet and Russian archeologist and historian who held a Chair in Russian history at Moscow University since 1939,...
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A nightmare foretold. Prophetic 1994 speech about current Russia’s aggression by...
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Scythian Colored Ornament Patterns on Leather from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan
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Igor Sikorsky: ‘My family is of Ukrainian origin’. Official document
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Kyiv’s Independence Square (Maidan) as seen by John Steinbeck after WW2,...
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World Famous Ukrainians
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Scythians, the Yamnaya Culture offspring
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Russia’s totem animal should be Jackal Tabaqui, not Bear
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The US likely owes Ukraine $1 Trillion for weapons stripped 30...
"If @POTUS charges Ukraine to pay back aid, we can remind him of the nukes and other weapons stripped off in the 90th by the...
Scythian Boar’s Head Sword with Golden Scabbard from Velyka Bilozerka in...
The sword was discovered in a burial mound near the village of Velyka Bilozerka, Zaporizhia Region, Ukraine. It dates to the last third of...
Scythian Physiognomy
The images are of the fist two warriors portrayed on vessel from the Gaimanova Mogila kurgan. First, you may want to read about the...
Scythian Trousers Decorated with Griffin and Lion Plates: Solokha Gold Comb...
As can be seen in the title image, the horserider on the Solokha comb was portrayed wearing wide trousers known also as anaxurides. The...