Khokhols: Ilya Repin’s Ukrainian Cossacks

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Repin & Cossacks’ Reply World-famous painter Ilya Repin devoted 10 years to creating his painting The Reply of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan....

Khokhol Hairstyle: Millennium-Old Mark of Nobility of Kyiv Rus Rulers

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Leo the Deacon Byzantine court historian Leo the Deacon met Kyiv ruler Sviatoslav the Brave in person in 971 AD. Leo’s description of the famous...

Older than Stonehenge and Pyramids: Megalithic Cromlech Kurgan in Ukraine

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Excavations In early 2021, archaeologists began excavating a huge mound south of Dnipro in central Ukraine; it was 7.5 meters high and 50 meters in...

Homer’s Iliad & Ancient Ukraine: Achilles’ Burial of his friend Patroclus

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Patroclus Burial In Chapter 23 of the Iliad, Homer describes the epic scenes of Patroclus’ burial, which Achilles organized for his friend. The funeral ritual included...

Russian Betrayal of All Its Treaties in 1939: NYTimes archival article

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The Russian Betrayal 18 Sep, 1939 NY Times It is altogether probable that the Russian invasion of Poland, just at the moment when that country has been...

Scythian Pegasus: Chertomlyk Silver Vase

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