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Ukrainian language is likely the closest to original Proto-Indo-European language

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British philologist William Jones in early 1786 voiced his famous "Phililoger Passage" which is considered the beginning of Indo-European studies. Here is what Jones...

Chornobyl firefighters at Kyiv clinic with their doctors

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Yurii Shcherbak's first major literary work 'Chernobyl' was published in the USSR in 1986 already. Starting the following year, it was translated into many...

Ukraine in Space

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Sergei Korolev -  the leading Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer was born in Zhytomir, Ukraine. It is due to his genius, the Soviet Union...

Ukrainian Kateryna Bilokur, a self-taught painter-virtuoso praised by Pablo Picasso

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In Dec. 2020, Doodle celebrated the 120th birthday of a Ukrainian painter with the following words: "Kateryna Bilokur, a self-taught virtuoso earned international renown for...

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The US likely owes Ukraine $1 Trillion for weapons stripped 30...

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"If  @POTUS charges Ukraine to pay back aid, we can remind him of the nukes and other weapons stripped off in the 90th by the...

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......

Putin strikingly resembles Satan in Medieval Religious Works

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There is a striking similarity between Russian dictator Putin and representations of Satan in several famous religious works. For example, the image of Satan...

Impromptu feeders for pets in Ukrainian ruined cities

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Volunteers place impromptu feeders for pets in the destroyed blocks so cats and dogs don't starve to death

‘Russians enjoy Slavery more than Freedom,’ – German Diplomat Sigismund von...

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Sigismund von Herberstein (1486–1566) was a diplomat, writer, historian, and member of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council. He was most noted for his extensive writing on...

Ukrainian Zaporizhian Cossack Legendary Warrior: Cameroon Silver Coin

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In 2021, The Republic of Cameroon minted 500 coins with the image of a Ukrainian Zaporizhian Cossack as part of its Legendary Warriors coins...

Sviatoslav the Brave of Kyiv was of Tauroscythian Royal Descent. Just...

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Byzantine court historian and chronicler Leo the Deacon (born c. 950) who is particularly known for his eyewitness description of Sviatoslav I of Kyiv during the latter's invasion...

Baturyn Massacre in 1708: History of Muscovites mass-murdering Ukrainian population

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Sack of Baturyn was a seizure of Baturyn fortress during the Great Northern War (1700–1721), by Russian troops under the command of Alexander Menshikov. They captured and...

Most famous Scythian silver Amphora/Vase from Chertomlyk Royal Kurgan in Ukraine

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The Amphora was found in 1863 in an impressive kurgan in the vicinity of Nikopol city in Ukraine and instantly taken to Hermitage. The...

Year of the Snake has frequently been tumultuous for Russia, –...

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The Year of the Snake has frequently been tumultuous for Russia. Revolutions in 1905 and 1917, collectivization & purges in 29, the war in...

John Steinbeck praises Ukrainian hospitality and cuisine: ‘Ukrainian borscht is a...

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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...