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Scythian Poison Arrows The Scythians were famous for their deadly composite bows. They smeared their arrowheads with poison to make each of their successful shots...

Man’s Great Benefactor “Throughout the ages, Cannabis has been extolled as one of man’s greatest benefactors and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Cannabis...

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....

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...

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...

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...

In 2022, the civilized world shuddered with horror at the images of executed civilians in the city of Bucha. Then there was the bombed...

In the past century, intense archaeological excavations of the Scythian period kurgans were conducted in Southern Ukraine. The findings revealed that in Scythian times, female...

Waiver: All nations are equal and the Finns are one of the most advanced nations in Europe these days. The reason for writing this...

"In recent weeks, political voices advocating for the reduction or cessation of military support for Ukraine have gained ground in Germany and other nations....

Infamous ‘Chicken Kyiv Speech’ by George H. W. Bush in Ukrainian Parliament in 1991 > Several most popular comments on social media to Trump's remarks...

Chertomlyk Amphora The vase was discovered during the initial excavations of the Chertomlyk Royal Scythian Kurgan in Ukraine in 1862. The video on this channel...

Mennonites are a group of Anabaptist Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Reformation. The name Mennonites is derived from the excommunicated Roman Catholic chaplain Menno Simons (1496–1561) from Friesland, part of the Holy Roman...

Update Dec. 16, 2024. "During Sunday prayer on Dec. 15, Pope Francis referred to Russia and Ukraine as "brothers," while reiterating calls for peace...

The title illustration and the one below were found in the book 'Zhivopisnaya Rossiya', vol. 5 that was published in 1897. The illustration below...

"AMSTERDAM — Ukraine and Russia are locked in another heated battle over Crimea. But this dispute is playing out in court, with the two neighbors locked...

The Solokha barrow, on the left bank of the Dnieper River, not far from the city of Nikopol in central Ukraine, was excavated in...

Sep. 10, 2008, Russia’s invasion and continued occupation of Georgia was the beginning of a disturbing turn in Russia’s national security and foreign policy....