Women fought in the ranks of Sviatoslav the Brave’s army in the 10th century...

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John Skylitzes, a Byzantine historian of the 11th century described a notable event that took place on Bulgarian soil several decades before he was...

Kyiv Was Powerful Capital City in the 9th Century Already: Vikings came to serve...

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Soviet renowned Academician Borys Rybakov in his groundbreaking monograph the Handicrafts of Ancient Rus (1948), demonstrated the economic superiority of Kyiv Rus to contemporary...

The Rus on al-Kashgari Map of 1074

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According to Wikipedia, "Mahmud al-Kashgari was an 11th-century Kara-Khanid scholar and lexicographer of the Turkic languages from Kashgar. His father, Husayn, was the mayor of Barsgan, a town in the southeastern part...

Herodotus in Scythia/ Ukraine: Why the Father of History made the journey

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Academician B. Rybakov in his 1979 book ‘Scythia of Herodotus’: “After half a century of destructive Greco-Persian wars, during which the many thousands of armies...

10th-century Rus’ Helmet from Chernihiv Black Barrow: Assyrian prototype?

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“The "Gifts of the East," which appeared in large quantities in the Rus’ regions in the 7th and 8th centuries, are not limited to...

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...

Ukraine, the homeland of Scythians [Video]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1OVwuCdkK4 The "Royal Scythia, Greece, Kyiv Rus" book has very important additional information on the topic.

Olga of Kyiv Used Firebirds to Destroy Enemies 1000 years ago: Kyiv’s drone attack...

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"(946) Olga returned with the army and defeated the Dereva, but the survivors hid in the city of Iskorosten, and Olga with her army...

Map of Ukraine of 1650 by French cartographer Beauplan

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Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan (1600 - 1673) was a French army engineer, architect, and cartographer. From 1630 to 1648 he was a captain in...

Veche Assembly of Kyiv Rus: Scandinavians had a similar tradition, Muscovites never did

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Per Wikipedia, Veche was a popular assembly during the Middle Ages. The veche is mentioned during the times of Kyiv Rus and it later became a powerful institution in Russian cities...