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Ancient Kyiv Spoke ‘Direct Ancestor’ of the Ukrainian Language, famous linguist...
Agathangel Krymsky (1871-1942) was a polyglot who was fluent in 35 languages (some estimates put it at up to 60), including Arabic, Persian, Turkish,...
Scythian Farmers, Skoloti, Proto-Slavs, Rus-Ukraine
Soviet Academician Borys Rybakov, in his monograph ‘Handicraft of Ancient Rus’, wrote in 1948: “Funeral rites of the Middle Dnieper region in the 9th-10th centuries...
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’...
Warrior in Chamber-Grave at Golden Gates in Kyiv: King Dir, ‘the...
The first known ruler of Kyiv, Dir, is mentioned in both the Primary Chronicle and a Redaction of the Novgorod First Chronicle. Although the...
Sword Hilts of Kyiv Rus: Ahead of Western Europe and Vikings...
"We have irrefutable evidence that at least the sword hilts were made in Rus cities. Regarding the peculiar hilts of the swords from...
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...
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Moscow appanage was insignificant until in 1276 the Mongols gave it...
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Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian prominent sculptor inspired by Scythian Art
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Ukraine Ranks 24th as the Best Country for Software Development
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WW2 Master Sergeant Nicholas Oresko, son of Ukrainian immigrants, received Medal...
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Oksana Baiul, the first Winter Olympic champion of independent Ukraine, 1994
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Russia weaponizes history in its war against Ukraine, – British Intelligence
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Cate Blanchett’s documentary ‘Ukraine: Life Under Attack’
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