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Scythians in The Iliad of Homer: ‘Most decent men alive’
Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...
Anacharsis: Scythian Frugality and Wisdom
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Scythian Achilles? Achilleid of Statius and Famous Gorytos from Ukraine
https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...
Richest Scythian Female Burial in Ukraine: Priestess-Queen in Griffins Headdress with...
https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...
Ballet Puff Tutu was invented by Ukrainian Oscar-Winning costumier Barbara Karinska
“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...
The Rus are Slavs, wrote Ibn Khordadbeh before 860 AD. What...
“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...
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Majority of Russians are Tartars fond of destruction, – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Austrian page in Ukraine’s history. (Quotes from a Yale Professor’s book)
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‘Clearly Europeoid’ Scythian Skull Found in Ukraine: Facial reconstruction by M....
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Zoroastrian Circular Cities: Darabgerd, Gur, Balkh
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Stalin re-established the Russian Orthodox Church in September 1943. Why?
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