Ukraine Vyshyvanka/ Embroidery Shirt Day
In 2020, Google created a Doodle honoring the Ukrainian embroidered shirt in commemoration of International Vyshyvanka Day: "Held each year on the third Thursday of May, this...
Pereyaslavl, Kyiv Rus’ Forpost Against Asiatic Nomads: Volodymyr the Great’s fortresses against Pechenegs
M. P. Kuchera (1922-1999) was a Ukrainian archaeologist of Czech origin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, and Leading...
Igor Sikorsky decided to build World’s First Four-Engine Airplane while still living in his...
"The general idea of a large flying ship with several motors, and comfortable closed cabins, had been an ideal for a long time, but none had been designed. It...
Kyiv Rus was Slavic, not Scandinavian by Origin: Anti-Normanists’ arguments
Per Wikipedia, Anti-Normanism theory postulates that the people of Kyiv Rus emerged solely from autochthonous Slavic political development (known as the 'anti-Normanist theory'). Surprisingly, among the proponents...
Igor Sikorsky with his ‘Ilya Muromets’ plane in Kyiv in 1914
"Very few people had come to the field because our plane was not expected on that rainy morning. The Secretary of the Aeronautical Society...
10th-century Rus’ Helmet from Chernihiv Black Barrow: Assyrian prototype?
“The "Gifts of the East," which appeared in large quantities in the Rus’ regions in the 7th and 8th centuries, are not limited to...
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...
Nicholas Chain Bridge in Kyiv was the largest bridge in Europe
The bridge was designed by Irish engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles. Construction started in 1848 and was completed in 1853. The 776-metre-long (2,546 ft) bridge was the...
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...
Igor Sikorsky assembled his first helicopters while still a student in his native Kyiv
In the autobiography "The Story of the Winged-S", Igor Sikorsky recalled: "I had several hobbies. For a time I was making electrical batteries and...
