Trending Now
Kyiv (Kyawh) was famous for its textile in the 10th c....
"The cloth of these lands and localities is famous, especially that of their capital, which is called Kyawh. Famous and noted cities of the Rus are Crsk and Hrqh." A...
Moscow’s occupation of Kyiv in 1918. Order to shell churches and...
Harvard Professor Richard Pipes in his 1997 revised edition of The Formation of the Soviet Union: "The activities of the Ukrainian Rada made it clear that...
Scythian Husband and Wife burial that is 3,000 years old found...
The burial of the Scythian pair, most likely husband and wife was found in the Ternopil region in Ukraine. It dates to circa 1,000...
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...
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...
Kyiv Rus’ borders ca. 1000 A.D.
Although this map was published by National Geographic in 1987 and should be commended for marking what is now the present-day Kerch Strait as being controlled...
Must Read
Kyiv (Kyawh) was famous for its textile in the 10th c....
"The cloth of these lands and localities is famous, especially that of their capital, which is called Kyawh. Famous and noted cities of the Rus are Crsk and Hrqh." A...
Kyiv’s Independence Square (Maidan) as seen by John Steinbeck after WW2,...
“We tried to read a little of the plane, and promptly went to sleep. And when we were awakened, we were over the flat...
Go west to Lviv, visitor to Ukraine, – The Washington Post
This quaint city (pronounced Liv-eev in Ukrainian) looks like an old-school European destination, complete with cobblestone streets, classical music festivals and its wild...
The biggest tank battle of all time took place in Ukraine...
The largest tank battle of WW2 is largely unknown, but it took place in western Ukraine in the triangle between the cities of Dubno,...
Ukraine – the Motherland of Commercial Beekeeping
Spring is in the air. Bees are in the air too - in a month the beekepers will have the first "May honey", a...
Ukrainian postage stamp to feature mine clearance dog Patron
"Patron" translated into English as Cartridge. The dog is helping to clear the Kyiv region from different kinds of exposived and is almost a...
‘Monkey and Cranes’ Gold Relief Overlay from Lytoi Scythian Kurgan in...
The two birds on the plaque were identified as cranes by Gerhard Friedrich Müller (although others see in them herons which is hard to...
Stalin re-established the Russian Orthodox Church in 1943. Why?
After the Bolshevik Coup of 1917, the Russian Orthodox church was forbidden and many cathedrals were ruined. But for some reason, almost a quarter...
War in Ukraine was years in the making – Atlantic Council
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/war-in-ukraine-was-years-in-the-making
Cossacks’ Songs
The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus Ensemble & the Canadian Bandurist Capella joined together for the first time with their wonderful «Kobzar's Christmas» concert of Ukrainian Christmas music. The...
