Not Iranians. Scythians originated in Ukraine [Yamna + Trypillia Cultures] –...

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In 2025, an article by geneticists Lehti Saag, Olga Utevska, and a number of Ukrainian archaeologists was published ‘North Pontic crossroads: Mobility in Ukraine...

‘Scythian Square’ of Herodotus: Borders of Scythia 2500 years ago

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8T0Uowrltw When one searches for the boundaries of Scythia, one sees many different maps with boundaries stretching all the way to India and Afghanistan. While...

Scythian King with Famous Comb from Solokha Royal Kurgan in Ukraine:...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z761ftJkko One of the largest Scythian Royal kurgans, the 18 meter-high Solokha kurgan in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, on the left bank of the...

Scythian Golden Comb with Battle Scene from Solokha Royal Kurgan in...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnUhpAFYKPY A true masterpiece of Scythian metalwork, an extraordinary Gold Comb crested with fighting Scythians was discovered in the Solokha Royal Kurgan in the Zaporizhzhia...

Ancient Lyubech in Ukraine: Ancestral home of Volodymyr the Great, Gateway...

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Lyubech is currently a rural settlement in Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located 200 kilometers north of Kyiv, and near the border with...

He, Who Fights Alone: Volodymyr Monomakh, fearless hunter and Kyiv Rus’...

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Volodymyr Monomakh was born a year before the death of Yaroslav “the Wise.” Vsevolod, Volodymyr’s father, was Yaroslav’s youngest son. The Primary Chronicle records...

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Border between Muscovy and Ukraine in 1654 described by Syrian chronicler...

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Stalin re-established the Russian Orthodox Church in September 1943. Why?

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After the Bolshevik Coup of 1917, the Russian Orthodox church was forbidden and many cathedrals were ruined. But for some reason, almost a quarter...

Leo Tolstoy on how Russia tried to subdue the Caucasus. Quote.

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"Sado, taking a pick-axe and spade, had gone with his relatives to dig a grave for his son. The old grandfather sat by the...

The Groenings, The Simpsons and Ukraine

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"The Simpsons” is the best satire of contemporary American culture. For those interested in Mennonites involved in mass culture, it is also a case...

+Ulfberh+T Viking-type sword that most likely belonged to Kyiv King Sviatoslav...

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The sword, which is associated with the name of Sviatoslav the Brave, was accidentally 'fished out' on November 7, 2011 near Khortytsia Island. The...

St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv was created in the 11th century...

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"Designed to rival Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, Kyiv's Saint-Sophia Cathedral symbolizes the 'new Constantinople', capital of the Christian principality of Kyiv, which was created...

Hryhorii Skovoroda: How Russia Tried to Appropriate ‘Ukrainian Socrates’

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Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722 – 1794) was a philosopher of Ukrainian Cossack origin. He was a poet, a teacher, and a composer of liturgical music. His significant influence on his contemporaries and succeeding generations...

‘Ukrainian David will defeat Russian Goliath’

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Valeria Novodvorskaya was named "Don Quixote of Russian Democracy". Most likely, she was the last true representative of that class. "Publicist, politician, social critic...

The Crimean War started on March 27, 1854: Parallels to current...

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The experience of the Crimean War of 1854 has several striking analogies with Putin’s war on Ukraine that started in 2014 with the invasion...

Gaimanova Mogyla Scythian Royal Kurgan in central Ukraine

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A large Scythian royal kurgan Gaimanova Mohyla dating to the 4th century BC situated near Balky in the Zaporizhia oblast of Ukraine was...

Gold Sheath and Ceremonial Sword from Vettersfelde Treasure

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Denis Topal of the National Archaeology And History Museum Of Moldova: "The ceremonial sword from Vettersfelde Treasure belongs to the earliest part of the...