Anne of Kyiv became a Queen of France. By naming her first son and...
"In the spring of 1048, having covered 3,000 kilometers, the envoys of French King Henry I arrived in Kyiv. Yaroslav welcomed the delegation and...
Scythian Vessel with Hunting Scenes from Solokha Kurgan
The vessel has two hunting scenes in relief. In the first scene, two horseriders hunt a lion. The left horserider is shooting a bow,...
Pink lake in Ukraine attracts visitors for beauty, therapeutic healing – GlobalNews Canada
https://globalnews.ca/news/4358897/pink-lake-ukraine-attracts-visitors-therapeutic-healing/
Camille Ewald, Mike Tyson’s Ukrainian adoptive mother
Camille Ewald was born March 10, 1905, in Staromishchana, Ukraine, and was the daughter of the late Hnat and Anastasia Pershyn Ewaschuk. "Ms. Ewald...
Kyiv’s Museum of Microminiatures: The Biggest Collection of Tiny Things, – The Daily Beast
"Hidden inside a Kiev religious complex lies the mind-blowing Museum of Microminiatures, which holds ships carved out of gold, books of poetry, and tiny...
Yin-Yang symbol originated in the area of present-day Ukraine
The earliest known depiction of Yin-Yang symbol belongs to the Trypillia culture and dates to 5200 B.C. The oldest preserved drawing of this symbol...
Largest open-air museum in Europe
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...
Lord Byron’s one of the most famous poems devoted to Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazeppa
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...
Ukrainian Folk-Dance Solo on a Canadian TV Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJMZKyfuKtY
Mysterious Trypillia Culture in Ukraine was older than Egyptian and Sumerian ones. It constructed...
In the 1890s, while excavating an Upper Paleolithic site in central Kyiv, Czech archaeologist Vikenty Khvoika discovered artifacts of a later civilization. The pieces of pottery...
