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Elk in Scythian Art of Borysthenites/Dnieper River Farmers: Proto-Slavs’ Totem Animal?
“Given the lack of folklore materials that could retrospectively illuminate the Slavic-Scythian relations of the 7th – 3rd centuries BC, one should turn to...
Amazons, Greeks, Scythians, Saurometae: Herodotus’ alleged visit to Amazons’ capital of...
“On his return journey , besides Colchis, we can note another region whose narrative conveys a "presence effect." Herodotus several times mentions the city...
Herodotus Measures Black Sea Coast
“Having obtained indisputable data on Herodotus's sea voyage around the Crimean Peninsula, confirming the high accuracy of his measurements, we must return to those...
Herodotus Measures Taurica/Crimea: Comparison with Italian Iapygia
“We have more compelling evidence of Herodotus's advance east of Pontic Olbia. Herodotus begins his account of Scythia's geography from the northwestern coast of...
‘Scythian Square’ of Herodotus: Borders of Scythia in the 5th century...
"Scythia is a quadrangle, two sides of which reach the sea, and the line running inland is the same length as the one that...
Why Scythians chased a hare before the battle with Darius the...
Renown Scythologyst Dr. Dmitry Raevsky (1941-2004) observed: “There is a curious motif on the gold appliques from Kul-Oba and on the silver appliques from the...
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John Steinbeck depicts Ukrainians and their difference from Russians
Different looks, heartiness “Everyone had told us it would be different once we got outside of Moscow, that the sternness and the tenseness would not...
Royal Child Burial in Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: Miniature wine vessels and...
According to scholars, the royal child burial in Tovsta Mogyla is the only unlooted one known. Most likely the child had a belt around...
Largest Aviation Museum in Eastern Europe
CNN ranked it as # 6 in the WORLD actually. Ahead are only Aviation museums in France (1), UK (1) and the USA (3). "This museum houses one of the world's...
Russian ‘Czar’ title is of Oriental origin, – Marquise de Custine
"The princes who now possess this sacred asylum of oriental despotism call themselves Europeans, because they have chased the Calmucs, their brethren, their...
Why Crane. About this Website
Thank you for visiting my website. This site was created with the purpose to help you discover beautiful country of Ukraine. Why Crane anyway? Not just because...
In 1905, Russia signed Truce with Japan only after several devastating...
On Feb. 6, 2025, during an exclusive interview with the New York Post US Special envoy to Ukraine General Kellog said the following: “You...
Origin of Horseback Riding Was in Ukraine, – Scientific American
The article 'The Origin of Horseback Riding' was published in The Scientific American Magazine's 1991 December issue. It was the time when Ukraine was...
Jack Palance, Oscar-winning Ukrainian-American cowboy was born Feb. 18, 1919
Jack Palance born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an American actor of Ukrainian descent. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, all for Best...
Chamber-Graves of Kyiv Rus: Scythian burial ritual revival
Swedish academic and Professor of archaeology Anne-Sofie Gräslund (b. 1940) in her 1980 book ‘The Burial Customs. A study of the graves on Björkö’...
Moscow knew of Chornobyl NPP seious deficiencies in the third and...
"April 22, 2003. Secret KGB archives released in Ukraine show that there were problems with the Chornobyl nuclear plant before the 1986 explosion -...
Famous Hjortspring Boat Unearthed in Scandinavia Came from Eastern Baltic, 2,400-Year-Old...
"An ancient fingerprint and several chemical clues from a 2,400-year-old sea raiders' boat are revealing secrets about where some mysterious attackers came from during...
History is the reason of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Historical justice...
This article had been written before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 - "Ukraine's Total Recall". For those looking...

















