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Moscow knew of Chornobyl NPP seious deficiencies in the third and...
Ukrainian KGB warned Moscow about the state of the station.
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Go west to Lviv, visitor to Ukraine, – The Washington Post
This quaint city (pronounced Liv-eev in Ukrainian) looks like an old-school European destination, complete with cobblestone streets, classical music festivals and its wild...
Mr Jones film highlights Welsh ‘unknown hero’ Gareth Jones – BBC
The film includes graphic depictions of the famine and details Soviet efforts to suppress the truth.
It is inspired by the true story of Gareth...
Canada celebrates Ukrainian Immigrants Day
In September of 1891, the first two Ukrainians were recorded as arriving in Canada. Today there are over 1.3 million people of Ukrainian descent...
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,...
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Kyiv Rus’ borders ca. 1000 A.D.
Although this map was published by National Geographic in 1987 and should be commended for marking what is now the present-day Kerch Strait as being controlled...
Wantonly destroying what is prized by enlightened nations is the Russians’...
Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822) wrote in his famous book 'Travels in Russia' which became a bestseller in 19th-century Europe: "The town of Kertchy, standing on...
Morowlin, not Muromets, was the true name of the famous bogatyr...
In May of 1594, Erich Lassota von Steblau, a special envoy of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II to the Zaporozhian Cossacks arrived in Kyiv. The Holy...
Famous Scythian Snake Goddess Gold Frontlet. Tsymbalka Kugan
Herodotus recorded the Greek myth of Herakles and the snake goddess in what is now Scythia: "The Hellenes who inhabit the Pontic region on...
World’s Oldest Gold in the Wealthiest Burial of the 5th Millennium...
In October 1972, near the modern-day city of Varna in Bulgaria a vast Copper Age necropolis dating to the 5th Millennium BC was discovered...
Moxel, ‘race of pure pagans’ to the north of Rus described...
William of Rubruck was a Flemish Franciscan missionary and explorer. In 1248, he accompanied King Louis IX of France on the Seventh Crusade. On...
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...
FC Liverpool’s guide to Kiev for the Champions’ League Final
"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...
‘Kremlin’ derives from Tartar word for fortress
British traveler of the 18th century Dr. Clarke sounded very confident describing the etymology of the word 'Kremlin'. In his bestselling book 'Travels in...
Kistiakowsky, Truman, Stalin, dental drill, 10-dollar bet with Oppenheimer: The Trinity...
The quotes below are taken from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Making of the Atomic Bomb by American journalist and historian Richard Rhodes: "On April...
Battle Scenes including Amazon Female Warrior on Gold Scabbard from Chertomlyk...
The scabbard was recently exhibited in the Met Museum and here is how the Met Museum described it:
"In the main frieze is a battle...
