John Steinbeck describes the ruins of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, St. Sophia and sarcophagus of Yaroslav...
"We went from this little plaster city, so new that it has not even been built yet, to the ancient monastery...
Mystery of How Kiev Shaped Early Christianity in Norway
The third largest Norwegian city is Trondheim.
It is best known for being linked to unruly Viking kings but now it turns...
10th century Kyiv Easter Egg discovered in Sweden
Glazed ceramic Resurrection eggs. The egg is made of glazed fired clay. It varies in colour from bright chocolate brown to...
Ukrainian Cossacks – the power of Freedom. (Quotes from a Harvard Professor’s book)
It's Harvard Professor Serhii Plokhy this time with the book "The Gates of Europe: The History of Ukraine"
("An indispensable guide to tragic history"...
Russia and Ukraine are locked in a legal dispute over ancient gold, – NBC
"AMSTERDAM — Ukraine and Russia are locked in another heated battle over Crimea.
But this dispute is playing out in court, with the...
During his speech in Kyiv in 1972, President Nixon named Kyiv the “City of...
"As I think of a way to describe our feelings on this occasion, I noted that in history--and this city is...
The most verbose of all the Varangian stones – the Turinge Runestone in Sweden...
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This is a runestone raised in the church of Turinge. It is in sandstone, in the style Pr4 and it was made in...
10 Ukrainian Castles
"From the 13th century, the territory was widely contested and fought over between Lithuania, Poland, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and...
Anne of Kiev became a Queen of France. By naming her first son and...
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...
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...