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Khokhols: Ilya Repin’s Ukrainian Cossacks
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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Doodle celebrates the renowned Ukrainian writer, historian, and translator Pateleimon Kulish
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"Hidden inside a Kiev religious complex lies the mind-blowing Museum of Microminiatures, which holds ships carved out of gold, books of poetry, and tiny...
Ballistic missiles deployed to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of...
The book 'Rockets and People' is part of the NASA History Series. It was written by the Soviet Academician Boris Chertok. The Preface to...
Goal by Mykolenko voted best in FC Everton’s season 21/22
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Ukrainian Yevdokia Zavaliy, the only Soviet female commander of a Marines...
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‘Poetic talent existed in my father’s Ukrainian family,’ – Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s...
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Fingers point at Russian state over Petya hack attack on Ukraine,...
“As important government systems have been targeted, then in case the operation is attributed to a state, this could count as a violation...
Kyiv (Kyawh) was famous for its textile in the 10th c....
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Muscovy-Russia paid tribute to Crimean Khans until the Treaty of Constantinople...
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10th-century Rhyton from Chernihiv Black Barrow: Local and Indo-Iranian ornamentation motifs
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