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War in Ukraine was years in the making – Atlantic Council
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Treaty of Paris ending Crimean War was signed March 30, 1856....
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,...
Scythian sword in golden scabbard from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan
The Golden Pectoral and the Scythian sword in golden scabbards were saved by the large chunk of earth that had fallen from the ceiling...
First ever X-ray in the US was performed on the invention...
“On January 19, 1896, young Eddie McCarthy of Hanover fell while skating on the Connecticut River and fractured his left wrist”. He was attended...
Scythian golden gorytos found in Ukraine with the scenes of the...
The gorytos (bow-and-arrow holder) discovered in one of Scythian Royal Kurgans in Ukraine puzzled the scholars who analyzed it. Because although it dates to...
Secret of Moscovy’s Extraordinary Expansion to current ‘Russia’ borders? Slavery
Harvard Professor Richard Pipes starts a new chapter of his book "Russia Under the Old Regime" with the following quote of Sigismund Herberstein, a...
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The Crimean War started on March 27, 1854: Parallels to current...
The experience of the Crimean War of 1854 has several striking analogies with Putin’s war on Ukraine that started in 2014 with the invasion...
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Joe Rogan’s remark on Ukraine is a disgrace to Martial Arts:...
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Ukrainian Village Named The Hottest in the U.S. by the Redfin
It is "tranquil", - quotes the Chicagoist.com. "Just as typical Ukrainian spirit" - we would add
Cuban Crisis Missile, the R-12. Made in Ukraine
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