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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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Ukrainian Yevdokia Zavaliy, the only Soviet female commander of a Marines...
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King Yaroslav Osmomysl of Halych, Key Figure of ‘Song of Igor’s...
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Around One million Russians fought for the German Nazis during WW2
Russian Liberation Army known as the Vlasov Army was a collaborationist formation, primarily composed of Russians, that fought under German command during World War II. Since January 1945, the army...
Ballet Puff Tutu was invented by Ukrainian Oscar-Winning costumier Barbara Karinska
“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...
Igor Sikorsky: ‘My family is of Ukrainian origin’. Official document
When one opens Igor Sikorsky's Wikipedia page, in the "Early Life" paragraph one can read the following sentence: "When questioned regarding his roots, he would...
Kyiv Rus vs. Golden Horde: Catherine II’s curious details about the...
After Catherine II "the great" of Muscovy, died in 1796, among her papers, the 'Reflections on the Project of History of Russia' written in...
+Ulfberh+T Viking-type sword that most likely belonged to Kyiv King Sviatoslav...
The sword, which is associated with the name of Sviatoslav the Brave, was accidentally 'fished out' on November 7, 2011 near Khortytsia Island. The...
Ancient Kyiv Spoke ‘Direct Ancestor’ of the Ukrainian Language, famous linguist...
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Name of Lithuanian capital Vilnius may have derived from Ukrainian word...
Speaking of Kyiv, by 1327, Kyiv had freed itself from the Mongols and had been part of the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania for 7...
Scythian Gryvna/Torque from Solokha Royal Barrow
Torque with terminals in the form of lion's heads and filigree plant ornament with colored enamels, 4th century BC. Zaporizhzhia oblast of Ukraine. Excavations...
How Father of US Navy Admiral John Paul Jones became an...
John Paul Jones, a Revolutionary War hero known as the father of the U.S. Navy, left a trait in Ukraine's history. In his memoirs,...