Khokhols: Ilya Repin’s Ukrainian Cossacks

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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

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Homer’s Iliad & Ancient Ukraine: Achilles’ Burial of his friend Patroclus

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Russian Betrayal of All Its Treaties in 1939: NYTimes archival article

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Scythian Pegasus: Chertomlyk Silver Vase

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