Igor Sikorsky set a world speed record of 113 km/h on his plane in...

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In the autobiography "The Story of the Winged-S", Igor Sikorsky recalled: "For my future work, I had to use experimental data obtained from the...

Harold Hardrada, Last Viking King, while serving as the commander of Byzantine Varangian Guard,...

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"When he was fifteen years old, in 1030, Harald fought in the Battle of Stiklestad together with his half-brother Olaf Haraldsson (later Saint Olaf). Olaf sought to reclaim...

Ballistic missiles deployed to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 were both...

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The book 'Rockets and People' is part of the NASA History Series. It was written by the Soviet Academician Boris Chertok. The Preface to...

Ukrainian Village Named The Hottest in the U.S. by the Redfin

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It is "tranquil", - quotes the Chicagoist.com. "Just as typical Ukrainian spirit" - we would add

+Ulfberh+T Viking-type sword that most likely belonged to Kyiv King Sviatoslav the Brave

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The sword, which is associated with the name of Sviatoslav the Brave, was accidentally 'fished out' on November 7, 2011 near Khortytsia Island. The...

Largest open-air museum in Europe

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At the outskirt of Kyiv there is a unique Pyrohiv National Museum of Ukrainian Architecture & Culture which has examples of typical Ukrainian rural dwellings from...
“Mazeppa” by Louis Guisnet, 1874

Lord Byron’s one of the most famous poems devoted to Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazeppa

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Mazeppa is a narrative poem written by the English romantic poet Lord Byron in 1819. It is based on a popular legend about the early life of Ivan...

Kyiv among 10 of the world’s best city views, – Guardian

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Pastel-hued St Andrew’s Church, at the top of a steep hill in the historic Podil district of Kyiv, has wonderful baroque architecture. But what really...

Ice Age Mammoth Ivory Bracelets from Mezin in Ukraine May Be the Most Ancient...

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Iryna Vavilova and Tetyna Artemenko from the Main Astronomical Observatory of the NAS of Ukraine in their 2009 article ‘The ancient cultural framework of...