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Kushan Empire Fireworshiping Kings with Tridents

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Vima Kadphises (c. AD 113–127) was an Indo-Scythian King who expanded the Kushan territory in Afghanistan and northwest India. David Jongeward in his book 'Kushan Mystique' described Vima's...

Alex Trebek was born July 22, 1940. His original family last...

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Alex Trebek was born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, on July 22, 1940, the son of George Edward Trebek (né Terebeychuk), a chef who had emigrated from Ukraine as...

Outstanding Ukrainian Planes

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-  Antonov An-2 recently has been included in the Guiness Book of Records as the only plane that's been in production for 70 years!! Unfortunately, some countries like North...

Trump blaming Ukraine for starting the war with Russia is akin...

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Feb. 19, 2025, NBC News: "President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Ukraine was responsible for Russia's invasion of the country three years ago, arguing...

Scythian Artifacts from ancient Taurida (Crimea) finally returned to Ukraine from...

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AMSTERDAM, June 9, 2023 - Ancient Crimean gold artifacts that were on show abroad should be returned to Ukraine, and not to Crimea which...

‘Ukrainian’ Bohachevsky Function, Apollo-11 Moon Landing and Return to Orbit

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One of the most popular posts on Reddit recently with over 50,000 likes was the one in the 'Today I Learned' section with the...

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Russia is Fascist – Timothy Snyder for The New York Times

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"In 1939, the Soviet Union joined Nazi Germany as a de facto ally, and the two powers invaded Poland together. Nazi speeches were reprinted...

In 1650, Kyiv had impressive ramparts remains, deep protective ditches, tombs...

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Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan (1600 - 1673) was a French-Polish cartographer, engineer and architect. Here is his description of Kyiv around the year 1650: "Kiow, otherwise called...

Antonov signs contracts with Boeing

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"Boeing’s Aviall subsidiary (Chalet B6) has signed a supply chain management agreement with Ukraine’s Antonov, a distribution deal with Canada’s International WaterGuard (IWG), and...

Scythian Amazons’ Skincare

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Herodotus in his 'Histories' wrote: "But the women pour water into a mixture of cypress, cedar, and frankincense wood, which they have ground...

‘Russian is literally a two-legged pig’ – 18th century English traveler...

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Edward Daniel Clarke (5 June 1769 – 9 March 1822) was an English naturalist, minerologist, and traveller (Wikipedia). One of his bestsellers sold over Europe was the "Travels...

Leo Tolstoy on how Russia tried to subdue the Caucasus. Quote.

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"Sado, taking a pick-axe and spade, had gone with his relatives to dig a grave for his son. The old grandfather sat by the...

Eastern Ukraine, Don region 220 years ago: Edward Clarke’s eyewitness account...

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The quotes below are from the bestselling book of the 18th century 'Travels in Russia' written by a British traveler Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822)....

Movies about Ukraine

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The soundtrack to the American movie about Ukrainian Cossaks "Taras Bulba" in 1963 was nominated for Oscar. Currently Hollywod is about to release in 2017 the movie...

George F. Kennan’s Essay on De Custine’s ‘Russia in 1839’: the...

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George F. Kennan (1904 – 2005) was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet...

Arsacid Dynasty: Aryan Saka/Scythians?

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According to Encyclopedia Britannica, "since the late 20th century, a growing number of scholars have rejected both the Aryan invasion hypothesis and the use...

First Sputnik was launched Oct. 4, 1957. Korolev, Glushko were two...

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Asif Azam Siddiqi is a professor of history with a specialization in the history of science and technology. When the Soviet archives opened in the 1990s,...