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Putin says Ukraine joined Russia in 1645 which is a multiple...
"Ukraine became part of the Russian Empire in 1645. Three regions, if we speak modern language: Kiev, Chernigov and current city of Zhitomir which...
Source of the centuries-long conflict and European wars: Ukraine-Russia Orthodox matter...
Quotes below are from "The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999" by Timothy Snyder published in 2003 (the publishing year should remove possible accusation...
During his speech in Kyiv in 1972, President Nixon named Kyiv...
"As I think of a way to describe our feelings on this occasion, I noted that in history--and this city is so full of...
WW2 Master Sergeant Nicholas Oresko, son of Ukrainian immigrants, received Medal...
Nicholas Oresko (January 18, 1917 – October 4, 2013) was an American combat veteran of World War II who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in Germany on January...
The Rus raided the Caspian Sea on five hundred 100-men boats...
al-Masudi (c. 896–956), was a historian, geographer, and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'. A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic...
Androphagi-Cannibals of the ancient Europe described by Herodotus lived in the...
"These farming Scythians inhabit a land stretching eastward a three days' journey to a river called Panticapes, and northward as far as an eleven...
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The full story behind John Steinbeck's quote can be read here. Why borscht is a Ukrainian meal and not Russian is explained here. Borscht...
Cuban Crisis Missile, the R-12. Made in Ukraine
"The first enterprise was the Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-586) formed at the plant in Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine by an order of the Council of Ministers...
Gold Fish Plaque, Center Ornament of Scythian Shield from Vettersfelde Treasure
"In October 1882 there were ploughed up near Vettersfelde in Lower Lusatia and acquired for the Antiquarium in Berlin the fragments of a great...
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...
Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ukrainian eccentric Chess Grandmaster
Vasyl Ivanchuk was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading chess player since 1988, Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on the FIDE world rankings three...
Goal by Mykolenko voted best in FC Everton’s season 21/22
The win in that game secured for Everton its presence in Premier Leage for the next season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3V-eDPQE4c
This man coined the word ‘Genocide’. Here is Dr Lemkin’s speech...
Rafał Lemkin was a lawyer of Polish-Jewish descent who is best known for coining the word genocide in 1943 or 1944 from genos (Greek for family, tribe, or race) and -cide (Latin for killing) (Wikipedia). On September...
Ukraine in Space
Sergei Korolev - the leading Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer was born in Zhytomir, Ukraine. It is due to his genius, the Soviet Union...
Dostoyevsky: ‘Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tartar’
The quote is taken from The Diary of a Writer: "I have said that Russians are disliked in Europe. That they are disliked, I...
‘Ukraine or the Cossacks Land’ map of 1720
The map was made by a famous German geographer and cartographer Johann Baptist Homann. The map is valuable not just because it can serve as...
Movie about legendary Ukrainian-Canadian goalkeeper
His last name in Ukraine is pronounced as Savchouk (second vowel as in "hook" - ). His true first name was Taras. To the hockey world...