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Scythians in The Iliad of Homer: ‘Most decent men alive’
Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...
Anacharsis: Scythian Frugality and Wisdom
Herodotus & Anacharsis The famous Greek historian Herodotus is the earliest author who mentioned Anacharsis. Here is what the Father of History wrote around 450...
Scythian Achilles? Achilleid of Statius and Famous Gorytos from Ukraine
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...
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
“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...
“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...
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Kyiv Rus vs. Golden Horde: Catherine II’s curious details about the...
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Ukrainian Cossacks Origin
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Castles of Kyiv Rus: Why the realm was called Gardariki
The title illustration and the one below were found in the book 'Zhivopisnaya Rossiya', vol. 5 that was published in 1897. The illustration below...
Banksy’s “Trolley hunters” appears prophetic after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Baturyn Massacre in 1708: History of Muscovites mass-murdering Ukrainian population
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...
Ukrainian Zaporizhian Cossack Legendary Warrior: Cameroon Silver Coin
In 2021, The Republic of Cameroon minted 500 coins with the image of a Ukrainian Zaporizhian Cossack as part of its Legendary Warriors coins...
In August of 1937, Moscow demolished 12th-century St. Michael’s Cathedral in...
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is situated on the central hill of Kyiv overlooking the Dnieper River and the northern part of Ukraine's capital. It was...
Stop Overlooking Kyiv, Eastern Europe’s Diamond In The Rough, – Forbes
"...there are some seriously cool things happening in the city. Things that is setting Kyiv up to have a moment (if it isn’t...
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Dynamo Kiev is not just the best and most titled football team in the former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe - the British Football Magazine 4-4-2 ranks...
How Father of US Navy Admiral John Paul Jones became an...
John Paul Jones, a Revolutionary War hero known as the father of the U.S. Navy, left a trait in Ukraine's history. In his memoirs,...
Servile to superiors, haughty and cruel to their dependents – description...
The picture of Russian manners varies little with reference to the prince or the peasant. The first nobleman in the empire, when dismissed by...
Ukrainian Igor Klymenko wins Global Student Prize
"Igor Klymenko, a student from Ukraine, passionate about raising awareness of and solving the global landmine problem, he developed the ‘Quadcopter Mines Detector’. Igor has...