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Ukraine’s new tank can take on Russia’s best, but Kyiv can’t...

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"When Kiev announced it would revive the same spirit of industry that bred its Soviet-era tank manufacture, boosting production for a new tank vehicle by...

Who Was Buried in Alexandropol Kurgan: Skulls from Scythian Royal Barrow

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A.E. Liutsenko who excavated Alexandropol kurgan in 1854–55, was the first who preserved the skulls of the people who were buried in it. Unfortunately,...

“Sulaymani’ Swords of the Rus by 9th-century Arab polymath al-Kindi

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al-Kindi (801–873 AD) was an Arab Muslim polymath active as a philosopher, mathematician, physician, and music theorist. Al-Kindi was the first of the Islamic peripatetic philosophers, and is hailed as the "father of Arab...

Kyiv King Yaroslav the Wise and the Wheel of Law/ Dharma...

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In Buddhism, the Dharma Chakra is widely used to represent the Buddha's Dharma (Buddha's teaching and the universal moral order), Gautama Buddha himself, and...

Should Ukraine return to Crimea its historic name of Taurica?

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Wikipedia quote: "Called the Tauric Peninsula until the early modern period (16-19th c.), Crimea has historically been at the boundary between the classical world and the steppe......

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Most titled football player of the former USSR returns as Dynamo...

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"Mikhailichenko began his football career in the youth system of Dynamo Kyiv and made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1981 being...

Russian ‘renovation’ of Kyiv St. Sophia frescoes in 1850s became ‘an...

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"In the summer of 1843, during Solntsev’s stay in Kyiv, a discovery in the Kyivan St. Sophia led to one of the most thorough...

Scythian Queen from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan: A Pendant Earring

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"Cradle of Civilizations" book has rare images of a similar set from a famous barrow near the Azov Sea. < PREVIOUS

‘Chernobyl’ miniseries got many things wrong, – Petro Shavrey

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"At first, I thought it would be a documentary. I was asked to express my opinion after I watched that film. I watched it...

Parthian Empire once divided the world with Roman Empire. The Parthians...

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"The Parthians, in whose hands the empire of the east now is, having divided the world, as it were, with the Romans, were originally exiles...

In rural Ukraine, an American rekindles a lost music tradition

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Deep in rural Ukraine, a man from North Carolina has returned to his roots, moving to a village with a population of 500...

Bilsk Scythian archaeological complex in Ukraine: Largest Fortified Settlement of the...

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Located in the Ukrainian forest steppe, the Bilsk archaeological complex is the largest archaeological site in the region, covering an area of about 5000...

Taras Shevchenko Memorial in Washington, DC

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The monument of Taras Shevchenko, 19th century Ukrainian poet and fighter for the independence of Ukraine and the freedom of all mankind, who under...

Steve Wozniak visits Kyiv. Says one of his 4 life long...

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"I always knew my last name was Ukrainian", - said the Apple co-founder on arriving to Ukraine's capital together with his wife. "This is one...

Patroclus’ Funeral Rites in The Iliad: Similarities with Funeral Rites of...

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Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is considered one of the most prominent English poets. Pope was fascinated by Homer since childhood and by 1720, he completed...

Ukrainian-American Sgt. Michael Strank was 1 of 6 Marines who raised...

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" Michael Strank (November 10, 1919 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who was killed in action during the Battle of...

Russia created a gigantic Jewish ghetto in Ukraine and Belarus 232...

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"On December 23, 1791, Catherine II (“the Great”), the empress of Russia, authorized the creation of the Pale of Settlement, an area in the...