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Ancient Lyubech in Ukraine: Ancestral home of Volodymyr the Great, Gateway...
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’...
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...
Pereyaslavl, Volodymyr Monomakh’s native city: His decisive battles against Polovtsians
Primary Chronicle for the year 1054 states: “Yaroslav, Great Prince of Rus', passed away. While he was yet alive, he admonished his sons with...
Pereyaslavl, Kyiv Rus’ Forpost Against Asiatic Nomads: Volodymyr the Great’s fortresses...
M. P. Kuchera (1922-1999) was a Ukrainian archaeologist of Czech origin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, and Leading...
Kyiv controlled the Kerch Strait in 11th century AD: Stone of...
Stone of Tmutarakan was discovered on the Taman Peninsula in 1792. It was the time when the famous English traveler Edward D. Clarke was passing through...
Original Rus was centered in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Pereyaslavl only; Even...
Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a Soviet and Russian archeologist and historian who held a Chair in Russian history at Moscow University since 1939,...
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Ukrainian Alexei Berest hoists Victory Banner over Reichstag on May 01,...
" On 30 April 1945, after long days of street combat in Berlin, the 150th Division attacked the Reichstag. On 1 May, at about 03:00, Berest...
Movies about Ukraine
The soundtrack to the American movie about Ukrainian Cossaks "Taras Bulba" in 1963 was nominated for Oscar. Currently Hollywod is about to release in 2017 the movie...
Vsevolod the Bui-Tur/ Fierce Bull, a main character of The Tale...
Vsevolod Sviatoslavych (Bui-Tur), (died 1196) was a Kyiv Rus’ prince. He took part in numerous battles against the Cumans, including the campaigns led by his brother, Igor Sviatoslavych,...
History is the reason of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Historical justice...
This article had been written before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 - "Ukraine's Total Recall". For those looking...
Signature of Ukrainian Hetman Mazepa. Signature of Moscovy Tzar Peter I
Lord Byron devoted one of his best poems to Mazepa > Peter I's nature was displayed during his stay in London > Sabre of Ivan...
Battle Scenes including Amazon Female Warrior on Gold Scabbard from Chertomlyk...
The scabbard was recently exhibited in the Met Museum and here is how the Met Museum described it: "In the main frieze is a battle...
‘Russian Peace’ is the triumph of Evil: Pope Francis gets a...
Last week, Pope Francis provoked outrage by saying Ukraine 'should raise white flag' to end war with Russia. Among many powerful replies by political and...
A nightmare foretold. Prophetic 1994 speech about current Russia’s aggression by...
"in 1994 the late Lennart Meri, then president of Estonia, gave a prophetic speech in Hamburg. The Kremlin had just growled that the problems...
Oksana Baiul, the first Winter Olympic champion of independent Ukraine, 1994
Known as the “Swan of Odessa,” Baiul was one of the most graceful and artistically accomplished skaters in the history of the sport....
Dnieper River in the 5th century B.C. Description by Herodotus
The fourth river is the Borysthenes, which is the largest after the Ister , and in our opinion the most productive, not only of...
Taiho, arguably the greatest Sumo wresler of all time, was of...
According to Wikipedia, Taihō Kōki - (Іва́н Бори́шко, Ivan Boryshko; May 29, 1940 – January 19, 2013) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He became the...
‘Ukraine shouldn’t have started the war with Russia,’ Trump said
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