Scythians in The Iliad of Homer: ‘Most decent men alive’

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Iliad, Book 13 Book 13 of the Iliad describes a crucial battle for the ships. It starts with the following lines: But once Zeus had driven...

Anacharsis: Scythian Frugality and Wisdom

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Herodotus & Anacharsis The famous Greek historian Herodotus is the earliest author who mentioned Anacharsis. Here is what the Father of History wrote around 450...

Scythian Achilles? Achilleid of Statius and Famous Gorytos from Ukraine

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https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...

Richest Scythian Female Burial in Ukraine: Priestess-Queen in Griffins Headdress with...

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https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...

Ballet Puff Tutu was invented by Ukrainian Oscar-Winning costumier Barbara Karinska

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“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...

The Rus are Slavs, wrote Ibn Khordadbeh before 860 AD. What...

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“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...

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Funeral ritual performed by warriors of Sviatoslav the Brave of Kyiv...

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The battles during the Siege of Dorostolon were fought in 971 on Bulgarian soil between the Byzantine Empire and forces of Kyiv Rus. Byzantine court historian...

Little Hope for “Little Russia”, – The American Interest

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"There is a curious assertion in some circles that a Ukrainian national identity is somehow narrow and bigoted, failing to embrace the country’s...

Canada celebrates Ukrainian Heritage Day on Sep. 7

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There had been some immigration of Ukrainians to Canada as early as 1812. However, the first recorded Ukrainian immigrants to Canada were Ivan Pylypiw and Wasyl Eleniak, farmers from Galicia....

5,500 years-old Yamnaya settlement in Ukraine sheds light on the origins...

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Mykhailivka, a village on the right bank of the Dnieper River in Ukraine, lies dangerously close to the front line of Russia’s war on its western neighbor....

What Ukrainian Literature Has Always Understood About Russia, – The Atlantic

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Ukrainian national identity is not an accident, nor was it invented by the West. But for centuries, Ukrainians have struggled to fend off attempts...

In August of 1937, Moscow demolished 12th-century St. Michael’s Cathedral in...

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St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is situated on the central hill of Kyiv overlooking the Dnieper River and the northern part of Ukraine's capital. It was...

‘Ukraine – Pays des Cossaques’ Map of 1670, Putin’s Geographic Blunder

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May 23, 2023. "Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday cited a 17th-Century map of Europe to back his discredited thesis that Ukraine isn't a real...

Kyiv Rus vs. Golden Horde: Catherine II’s curious details about the...

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After Catherine II "the great" of Muscovy, died in 1796, among her papers, the 'Reflections on the Project of History of Russia' written in...

Enterpreneur: Longest Reigning Heavyweight Boxing Champion Dr. Wladimir Klitschko On Achieving...

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According to Wikipedia, his boxing career recorded 64 wins in 69 fights, of which 53 were by knockout. Throughout his two decades in...

US General’s opinion of Ukrainian Soldiers

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Future ‘Russians’ attacked Germany in the ranks of the Golden Horde...

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In the year 1254, King of France Louis IX sent an emissary to Batu Khan, who had his camp at the Volga River. The...