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Scythian Cannabis in Ancient Ukraine: Herodotus discovers hemp for Greeks
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
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
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
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
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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Unique Kyiv Rus Jewellery Art of 1,000 AD: Created in Kyiv...
L. V. Perars'ka, the Head of the Department of Medieval Kyiv at the Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine, and Special Research Assistant in...
John Steinbeck praises Ukrainian hospitality and cuisine: ‘Ukrainian borscht is a...
Ukrainian Village House There is a hall, which is a combination storeroom and entrance.From there one goes into the kitchen, a white plaster room, with...
Stolen identity of Kyiv Rus is the real reason Russia invaded...
Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They crucified a little boy...
Ukrainian Chumaks, Ox-Wagon Drivers, in Ivan Aivazovsky’s paintings
Future world-renowned outstanding marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Aivazian) (1817-1900) was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia in Crimea and was mostly based there. But Aivazovsky's...
Ukrainian who discovered X-rays but didn’t receive credit for it: Ivan...
As Noble Prize's official webpage describes it: "On the evening of 8 November 1895, Röntgen was in his laboratory studying how cathode-ray tubes emit...
Yin-Yang symbol originated in the area of present-day Ukraine
The earliest known depiction of Yin-Yang symbol belongs to the Trypillia culture and dates to 5200 B.C. The oldest preserved drawing of this symbol...
‘Ukrainian’ Bohachevsky Function, Apollo-11 Moon Landing and Return to Orbit
One of the most popular posts on Reddit recently with over 50,000 likes was the one in the 'Today I Learned' section with the...
Boxer Usyk wears same ‘khokhol’ hairstyle as famous Kyiv ruler Sviatoslav...
The famous ruler was King of Rus Sviatoslav the Brave. His appearance was descibed by Byzantine court historian Leo the Deacon who met him...
Russia and Ukraine are locked in a legal dispute over ancient...
"AMSTERDAM — Ukraine and Russia are locked in another heated battle over Crimea. But this dispute is playing out in court, with the two neighbors locked...
+Ulfberh+T Viking-type sword that most likely belonged to Kyiv King Sviatoslav...
The sword, which is associated with the name of Sviatoslav the Brave, was accidentally 'fished out' on November 7, 2011 near Khortytsia Island. The...
Herodotus in Scythia/ Ukraine: Places the Father of History visited
“Without repeating what has already been said about Herodotus's brief excursions around Olbia (Cape Hippola, the sanctuary of Demeter, Hylaea, the mouth of the...
Scythian Origin. Coloxais, King of Kings
"According to the Scythians, theirs is the youngest of all nations, and it came into existence in the following way. The first man born...