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Scythian Cannabis in Ancient Ukraine: Herodotus discovers hemp for Greeks
Man’s Great Benefactor “Throughout the ages, Cannabis has been extolled as one of man’s greatest benefactors and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Cannabis...
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...
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Little Hope for “Little Russia”, – The American Interest
"There is a curious assertion in some circles that a Ukrainian national identity is somehow narrow and bigoted, failing to embrace the country’s...
Black Stork Coin Commemorating the 38th Anniversary of Chornobyl
The National Bank of Ukraine provides a description of the numismatic coin:
Targitaos-Heracles, ‘Ukrainian’ forefather of Scythian Nation
"According to the Scythians, theirs is the youngest of all nations, and it came into existence in the following way. The first man born...
Injustice towards Sergei Korolev after Gagarin’s first man into space flight
Academician Boris Chertok in his three-volume memoirs Rockets and People translated into English and published by NASA's History Division, recollected: "It grieved us when we...
‘Northern’ Clothing of the Kushan, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires Elites
American Art Historian John M. Rosenfield wrote in his 'Dynastics Arts of the Kushans': "As carefully depicted by the sculptors, the clothing worn by...
Not canceling 1986 May Parade in Kyiv just 4 days after...
Adam Higginbotham in his prize-winning Midnight in Chernobyl writes the following: “On Wednesday, April 30—the eve of the annual May Day celebrations, which would fill the...
Igor Sikorsky’s record-breaking 1,200 km-long flight on ‘Ilya Muromets’ plane from...
"There was one more important test flight as well as demonstration left to be accomplished, namely a long journey across the country. Until then...
Scythian Language: Proto-Indo-European, NOT Iranian
Scythian Theory Boxhorn In 1647, Leiden professor of eloquence Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn published a dissertation arguing for the Scythian origin of the Greek, Roman, and...
New ANTONOV Airlines Houston office works with Orbital ATK aerospace giant
" ANTONOV Airlines, which recently established a USA base in Houston, Texas as part of ongoing global expansion, has transported an outsized communications satellite for...
Voltaire – ‘Ukraine always aspired to Liberty’, Prince of Ukraine Mazeppa,...
Voltaire (1694-1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher, satirist, and historian. One of Voltaire's best-known histories is History of Charles XII (1731). The quotes below are taken from...
Nicholas Chain Bridge in Kyiv was the largest bridge in Europe
The bridge was designed by Irish engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles. Construction started in 1848 and was completed in 1853. The 776-metre-long (2,546 ft) bridge was the...
Ukraine-Gondor vs. Russia-Mordor
Ukrainians have been referring to Moscow as Mordor since the beginning of the current war in 2014. And one of the most popular names...