Kyiv in Snow
Learn of the new facts about Kyiv in Medieval history of Europe in the "Gardariki, Ukraine" e-book. For example, how did the Vikings call...
Kyiv Radial Fibulae: Made by Rus people, not Goths
Fibulae is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibula developed in a variety of shapes... Unlike most...
Original Rus was centered in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Pereyaslavl only; Even Novgorod was NOT...
Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a Soviet and Russian archeologist and historian who held a Chair in Russian history at Moscow University since 1939,...
Serge Lifar, world ballet great, recollects his native Kyiv of 1905-1921
Serge Lifar was "a Ukrainian dancer and choreographer, and one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. Lifar was also a choreographer,...
In 1650, Kyiv had impressive ramparts remains, deep protective ditches, tombs of several kings,...
Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan (1600 - 1673) was a French-Polish cartographer, engineer and architect. Here is his description of Kyiv around the year 1650: "Kiow, otherwise called...
5th-Century Gold Fibulae Found in Austria in 1910: Made in Taurica/ Crimea?
In January 1910, an ancient burial with gold jewellery was accidentally uncovered near the village of Untersiebenbrunn, to the north-east of Vienna, Austria. Unfortunately,...
Battle Axes of Kyiv Rus: Nearly perfect efficiency ahead of time
“Ancient Rus’ blacksmiths of the 10th-13th centuries fully mastered all the basic technical techniques of iron processing and determined the technical level of village...
Sword Hilts of Kyiv Rus: Ahead of Western Europe and Vikings by centuries
"We have irrefutable evidence that at least the sword hilts were made in Rus cities. Regarding the peculiar hilts of the swords from...
‘Poetic talent existed in my father’s Ukrainian family,’ – Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s daughter. Lithuanian-Ukrainian roots...
Lyubov Dostoevskaya is best known for the book 'Dostoyevsky as Portrayed by His Daughter', originally published in Munich in 1920. The quotes below are from the 1922...
