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Chainmail Armor of Kyiv Rus: Ahead of Western Europe and Vikings...

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Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a prominent Soviet archaeologist and historian who represented the Soviet Academy of Sciences at the Columbia University Bicentennial in...

‘Troyan Ages’ in Kyiv Rus’ Epic ‘Song of Igor’s Campaign’: Era...

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Per Wikipedia, Academician Boris Rybakov (1908-2001) was a Soviet and Russian archeologist and historian. He is considered one of the greatest authorities on The...

Rus were Sarmatian Roxolani: They fought in Trajan’s Dacian Wars and...

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"Where can we look for the most ancient references to our Rus, that is, to the Rus’ people? We will not discuss the Biblical people...

Rurik, ‘Founder of Rus’ Dynasty’, Never Existed: Moscow may have invented...

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Muscovy-’Russia’ clings to Rurik with such ferocity as if this figure affects not only its history, but the very right to be called a...

Famous Hjortspring Boat Unearthed in Scandinavia Came from Eastern Baltic, 2,400-Year-Old...

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"An ancient fingerprint and several chemical clues from a 2,400-year-old sea raiders' boat are revealing secrets about where some mysterious attackers came from during...

Slavs originated in Ukraine and Belarus. They replaced 80% of local...

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According to the Early Slavs - Wikipedia page, “A 2025 comprehensive archaeogenetic study published in Nature on 555 samples out of which 359 from the...

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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...

10 Ukrainian Castles

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"From the 13th century, the territory was widely contested and fought over between Lithuania, Poland, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Russia. A Cossack...

Women fought in the ranks of Sviatoslav the Brave’s army in...

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John Skylitzes, a Byzantine historian of the 11th century described a notable event that took place on Bulgarian soil several decades before he was...

Russian warship ‘Admiral Makarov’ hit with Neptune missile near Zmiiny island

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There are indications the Russian warship "Admiral Makarov" was hit with a Ukrainian Neptune missile. A ship is on fire near Snake Island in...

Katheryn ‘Lagertha’ Winnick in Kyiv, May 2023

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The famous The Vikings series actress Katheryn Winnick visited Kyiv and took a picture with Ukrainian flag in front of St. Michael's Cathedral in...

Ukrainian Cossacks – the power of Freedom. (Quotes from a Harvard...

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It's Harvard Professor Serhii Plokhy this time with the book "The Gates of Europe: The History of Ukraine"   ("An indispensable guide to tragic history" - The Telegraph...

Pulitzer Prize Winner, Holodomor Enabler: Walter Duranty

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"Short, unattractive, hobbling about Stalin's Moscow on a wooden leg, Walter Duranty was an unlikely candidate for the world's most famous foreign correspondent. Yet...

Sergey Bubka’s pole vault outdoor best of 6.14m celebrates its 25th...

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"Sergey Bubka’s world and European outdoor best of 6.14m is one of the most enduring marks in the record books and looks poised to celebrate...

Ukrainians who created Nuclear Missile Shield of the USSR: Korolev, Glushko,...

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Asif Azam Siddiqi is a professor of history with a specialization in the history of science and technology. When the Soviet archives opened in the 1990s,...

Central WW2 Victory Parade should have always been held in Kyiv

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In 1945, American war correspondent Edgar Snow visited Ukraine and wrote: “It was not until I went on a sobering journey into this twilight of...

Cossack Mamai & Kobza-Bandura Music

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"The mythological figure of Cossack Mamai.. is a reflection of the most typical traits and mentality of the Ukrainian Cossack – a combination of strong...