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https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...

https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...

“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...

“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...

https://youtu.be/A7szL7wiBuY Discovery On June 21, 1971, while working inside the Scythian Kurgan, the head of the expedition, Borys Mozolevsky, began clearing the dromos, where a large...

https://youtu.be/wATY2fhj5Zc During the 1855 excavations of the Central Tomb of Alexandropol Kurgan, the archaeologists discovered a niche in the western wall that was filled with...

"The rare stater depicting a satyr—a "marvel of speaking portraiture"—was once in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum but was sold to raise...

Did you know that the greatest Wayne Gretzky is half-Ukrainian (on his father's side) and grew up in Ukrainian environment? His father Walter says that the only Slavic...

Panteleimon Kulish’s 200th Birthday Doodle: "Today’s Doodle celebrates the renowned Ukrainian writer, historian, and translator Pateleimon Kulish, born on this day in 1819. Through...

The human skull covered with gold plates of two patterns was found in the central chamber of a Scythian barrow near the village of...

Maxim Gorky (1868 –1936) was a Russian and Soviet writer who was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1922, Gorky published the...

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...

"Sergey Bubka’s world and European outdoor best of 6.14m is one of the most enduring marks in the record books and looks poised to celebrate...

"In the spring of 1048, having covered 3,000 kilometers, the envoys of French King Henry I arrived in Kyiv. Yaroslav welcomed the delegation 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...

“The second bullhorn from the Black Barrow, embossed and engraved, is of a completely different nature. Its silver mount is completely covered with a...

The DniproHES project used the experience gained from the construction of the Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Stations at Niagara Falls, Ontario, the Hydroelectric...

"On the S. side of the river, in the district of Melitopol, government of Taurida, is the barrow Tsymbalka near Bélozérka. As usual, the...