Scythian Achilles? Achilleid of Statius and Famous Gorytos from Ukraine

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https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...

Richest Scythian Female Burial in Ukraine: Priestess-Queen in Griffins Headdress with...

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https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...

Ballet Puff Tutu was invented by Ukrainian Oscar-Winning costumier Barbara Karinska

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“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...

The Rus are Slavs, wrote Ibn Khordadbeh before 860 AD. What...

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“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...

55th Anniversary of the Scythian Gold Pectoral discovery! [June 21, 1971]

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https://youtu.be/A7szL7wiBuY Discovery On June 21, 1971, while working inside the Scythian Kurgan, the head of the expedition, Borys Mozolevsky, began clearing the dromos, where a large...

Wine Preferences of Royal Scythians: Story of nearly 500 Greek Amphoras...

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https://youtu.be/wATY2fhj5Zc During the 1855 excavations of the Central Tomb of Alexandropol Kurgan, the archaeologists discovered a niche in the western wall that was filled with...

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Cromlech/ Stone Circle inside Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan

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A cromlech is a megalithic circle made of large stones arranged vertically, often around a tomb or place of worship. (Stonehenge is the most famous example...

Alexandropol Royal Scythian Kurgan: Excavations of the tallest barrow in Ukraine...

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Welcome to watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NiUU3-NbUWQ Alexandropol Kurgan, also previously known as the Lugova Mogyla or the Meadow Barrow, was recorded in the 19th century...

Hetman Mazeppa’s Legendary Sabre mentioned by Lord Byron: stolen by Moscow,...

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This done, Mazeppa spread his cloak, And laid his lance beneath his oak, Felt if his arms in order good The long day's march had well withstood...

‘Chumaks path in Mariupol’ by Arkhip Kuindzi

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https://www.wikiart.org/en/arkhip-kuindzhi/moonlight-night-on-the-dnieper-1880

Muscovy-Russia, Ugly Replica of the Golden Horde

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Famous travel-blogger of the 18th century Edward Clarke in his bestselling book 'Travels in Russia, Tartary and Turkey' repeated the facts about Muscovy that...

FC Liverpool’s guide to Kiev for the Champions’ League Final

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"With thousands of Liverpool supporters travelling to Kiev for the Champions League final against Real Madrid on Saturday, we've put together a handy guide...

Treaty of Paris ending Crimean War was signed March 30, 1856....

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Encyclopedia Britannica: Treaty of Paris, (1856), treaty signed on March 30, 1856, in Paris that ended the Crimean War. The treaty was signed between Russia on one side and France,...

Dostoyevsky: ‘Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tartar’

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The quote is taken from The Diary of a Writer: "I have said that Russians are disliked in Europe. That they are disliked, I...

Ukrainian Donbas is frontline ‘battle lab’ where Russia prepares for war...

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"Along the 190-mile Line of Contact, the Russian-backed forces  have more than 470 tanks and hundreds of artillery pieces and rocket launchers. All are under...

Ukrainians in NHL

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Did you know that the greatest Wayne Gretzky is half-Ukrainian (on his father's side) and grew up in Ukrainian environment? His father Walter says that the only Slavic...

Crane Dance and Hyperborean Cult in Ancient Greece

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Below are several quotes from the works of Robert Graves: "It is not known what sort of a dance...

Siversky Donets River, not the Don, is the Tanais of Ptolemy...

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Ptolemy, the famed Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, in his second most well-known work, Geography (Book 3.5), provides coordinates of the...