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Boxer Usyk wears same ‘khokhol’ hairstyle as famous Kyiv ruler Sviatoslav the Brave more...

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The famous ruler was King of Rus Sviatoslav the Brave. His appearance was descibed by Byzantine court historian Leo the Deacon who met him...

In 12th century the land is first mentioned as Ukraine. Russia does not exist

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For the first time Ukraine was mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle. Not Little Rus’ or something else, but Ukraine.  Nobody heard about Moscow and Russia at that...

The Rus raided the Caspian Sea on five hundred 100-men boats in 912, –...

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al-Masudi (c. 896–956), was a historian, geographer, and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'. A polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic...

Only Ukraine is true ‘Russia’. Muscovy is a successor of the Golden Horde

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Paul of Aleppo and other historians of the 16-17th centuries, used the term 'Russia' to describe the area of former Kyiv Rus that was,...

Term “Little Russia” and the beginning of occupation of Ukraine (Quotes from a Yale...

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Just last week a Ukrainian historian and politician stated that it has come a time to name the time after the October Revolution when...

St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine

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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.  Sviatopolk II of...

+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...

Morowlin, not Muromets, was the true name of the famous bogatyr of Kyiv Rus

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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...

Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and central Kyiv were blown up by the Soviet sappers

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John Steinbeck was deceived – the fact is that Kiev was blown up by the Soviets on September 24-28, 1941, after the Nazis had...

The Rus were the Tauroscythians whose native land was Taurica/ Crimea. The first description...

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The name Rus is first directly attested to in the 'Life of St. George of Amastris' written by Ignatios the Deacon (d. after 845)....