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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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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...
Ukrainians in NHL
Did you know that the greatest Wayne Gretzky is half-Ukrainian (on his father's side) and grew up in Ukrainian environment? His father Walter says that the only Slavic...
Ukrainian Village Named The Hottest in the U.S. by the Redfin
It is "tranquil", - quotes the Chicagoist.com. "Just as typical Ukrainian spirit" - we would add
Solomiya Krushelnytska, world-famous Ukrainian lyric-dramatic soprano of the first half of...
Solomiya Krushelnytska (1872 – 1952) was a Ukrainian lyric-dramatic soprano, considered to be one of the brightest opera stars of the first half of the...
‘Mustang Wanted’, a world famous roofer
Grisha "Mustang Wanted" is the roofer who climbs tall buildings in different countries without any support and is the one who painted a star on one of the tallest Moscow building...
Ukrainian Cossacks’ Songs Added to UNESCO List
It is UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding List. https://ich.unesco.org/en/USL/cossacks-songs-of-dnipropetrovsk-region-01194
‘They Fought Each Other for Unity’ oxymoron: Moscow’s Attack on Novgorod...
Per Wikipedia, the Battle of Shelon was a battle between the forces of the Duchy of Moscow under Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and the...
Chumaks, the Ox-Cart Drivers: Ukrainians named the Milky Way Galaxy after...
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Anacharsis, the Scythian philosopher and prince
Cicero: "Could the Scythian Anacharsis disregard money, and shall not our philosophers be able to do so? We are informed of an epistle of...
Scythian sword in golden scabbard from Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan
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Ukrainian boy was catching sweets from American planes during the Berlin...
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Ukrainian sabre fencer Olga Kharlan becomes a new Barbie
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