Anne of Kiev became a Queen of France. By naming her first son and...

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Henry died on 4 August 1060. He is buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Upon his death, Anne became queen regnant for her young...

Harold Hardrada while serving as the commander of the Byzantine Varangian Guard, sent his...

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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)....

Ukrainian Trident/Tryzub was also the Coat of Arms of the Viking ruling dynasty of...

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"Most historians agree that the medieval symbol was not intended as depicting a trident, but rather, was a symbol of the...

During his speech in Kyiv in 1972, President Nixon named Kyiv the “City of...

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"As I think of a way to describe our feelings on this occasion, I noted that in history--and this city is...

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

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

Putin makes another attempt to steal Ukrainian history

Do you want an example of a perverted logic of international scale? Here it is: In 2014 Putin annexes Crimea, part of Ukraine, on...

The Biggest Kingdom of Medieval Europe run by Vikings dynasty you may have never...

Some dates and facts first - 860 a.c. In the summer of that year Vikings flotilla came down the Dnipro (Dnieper) river...

Kiev Rus and its legacy

- 1043 Yaroslav sends his flotilla from Kiev to demand money from Byzantium. Constantinople refuses, tries to withstand, but gets its flotilla...

Name “Russia” as cover-up of Muscovy’s shameful history

Starting 1240 Moscow became not just a vassal to Golden Horde, but a COLLECTOR of the tribute from the kindred people...

Name “Ukraine” means “(Living) on the Edge, Defending Civilization”

"Krai" in Slavic languages means "country". Polish movement "Armija Krajova" during WWII translates as "Home(land) Army" for example. "Krai" can also mean "edge",...

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