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10th-century Rhyton from Chernihiv Black Barrow: Local and Indo-Iranian ornamentation motifs
“The famous silver mounting of a bull's horn from Chernaya Mogila is a magnificent example of flat embossing. A unique example of 10th-century...
Kyiv Elite Warrior on 12th-century Fresco from St. Cyril’s Church: Possibly...
According to Wikipedia, St. Cyril’s Church was founded in 1140 by Vsevolod Olgovich, the Kniaz' (prince) of Chernigiv, in the Dorohozhychi neighbourhood of Kyiv...
5th-Century Gold Fibulae Found in Austria in 1910: Made in Taurica/...
In January 1910, an ancient burial with gold jewellery was accidentally uncovered near the village of Untersiebenbrunn, to the north-east of Vienna, Austria. Unfortunately,...
Kyiv Radial Fibulae: Made by Rus people, not Goths
Fibulae is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibula developed in a variety of shapes... Unlike most...
Kyiv’s Historic Lands as of 1185: Donets River in the Tale...
“According to the annals of Kyiv Rus, four territorial princes with throne towns on the rivers Desna and Seim, east of Chernigiv, set out...
Chainmail Armor of Kyiv Rus: Ahead of Western Europe and Vikings...
Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a prominent Soviet archaeologist and historian who represented the Soviet Academy of Sciences at the Columbia University Bicentennial in...
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Kyiv’s Museum of Microminiatures: The Biggest Collection of Tiny Things, –...
"Hidden inside a Kiev religious complex lies the mind-blowing Museum of Microminiatures, which holds ships carved out of gold, books of poetry, and tiny...
Cro-Magnon Couple from Crimea/Taurica c. 10,000 BC: Indigenous population of the...
Mikhail Gerasimov (1907 - 1970) was a Soviet archaeologist and anthropologist who developed the first technique of forensic sculpture based on findings of anthropology, archaeology, paleontology, and forensic science. He studied the skulls and...
The first known European leaflet depicting Russian/ Moscovite atrocities against women...
“The earliest illustrated Livonian War pamphlet – “Sehr grewliche, erschröckliche, vor unerhörte, warhafftige Newe Zeitung was für grausame Tyrannei der Moscoviter …” which translates into English...
John Steinbeck depicts Kyiv after WW2
“War is no new thing to Kiev. Starting with
the raids of the savages from Tartary, it has been a place of war for thousands
of...
Depeche Mode names Ukrainian Prime Orchestra arrangements as the best ones...
Depeche Mode hosts the references to the Orchestra on their Facebook page, and their Official site.
Igor Sikorsky’s ‘Ilya Muromets Kyivsky’ WW1 plane was World’s First Strategic...
"I want to recommend urgently the speedy construction of the new type of huge bomber.” "I have no question in my mind that you are...
Scythian golden gorytos found in Ukraine with the scenes of the...
The gorytos (bow-and-arrow holder) discovered in one of Scythian Royal Kurgans in Ukraine puzzled the scholars who analyzed it. Because although it dates to...
Ancient gold coin from Bosporan Kingdom in Crimea sells for a...
"The rare stater depicting a satyr—a "marvel of speaking portraiture"—was once in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum but was sold to raise...
Ukraine reactivates unique S-300V1 strategic air defence system
The unique features of S-300V1 air defense system consist in that is the world’s only truly mobile Anti Ballistic Missile system. The S-300V...
Border between Muscovy and Ukraine in 1654 described by Syrian chronicler...
"...Having travelled other five miles, over wild deserts and through extensive forests entirely destitute of water, in the course of which progress we had...