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...
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...
John Steinbeck depicts Kyiv after WW2
“War is no new thing to Kiev. Starting with
the raids of the savages from Tartary, it has been a place of war for thousands
of...
Griffin Pendants from 11th century Kyiv in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Temple Pendant with Filigree Border | Kyivan Rus’ | The Metropolitan Museum of Art: These temple pendants are decorated on one side with griffins, mythical...
Sirens Flanking Tree of Life: Gold Enameled Temple Pendant from 11th Century Kyiv in...
"When Kyivan Rus, a powerful new state to the north of the Byzantine Empire, accepted Christianity as its official religion in 988, the aristocracy...
‘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...
Chamber-Graves of Kyiv Rus: Scythian burial ritual revival
Swedish academic and Professor of archaeology Anne-Sofie Gräslund (b. 1940) in her 1980 book ‘The Burial Customs. A study of the graves on Björkö’...
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...
Ukrainians on Forbes ’30 Under 30 Europe’ List
https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/europe/entertainment/#7f066d4f4c9b https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/europe/sports-games/#251049081bb1 https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/europe/big-money/#4e0486145a07 https://www.forbes.com/30-under-30/2020/europe/technology/#2ef732f1702d
Mysterious Trypillia Culture in Ukraine was older than Egyptian and Sumerian ones. It constructed...
In the 1890s, while excavating an Upper Paleolithic site in central Kyiv, Czech archaeologist Vikenty Khvoika discovered artifacts of a later civilization. The pieces of pottery...