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Ancient Flight-Archery Record Inscription In 1900, during excavations of ancient Pontic Olbia on the Black Sea coast of what is now Ukraine, archaeologists found a...

Scythian Poison Arrows The Scythians were famous for their deadly composite bows. They smeared their arrowheads with poison to make each of their successful shots...

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...

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....

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...

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...

In the centuries-old city of Klevan, Ukraine, a railroad track cuts through the trees shaping a tunnel, appropriately named the Tunnel of Love...

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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....

Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate of the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet is reportedly on fire near Zmiiny island in the Black Sea. Multiple aircraft, rescue...

The quotes below are from the bestselling book of the 18th century 'Travels in Russia' written by a British traveler Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822). The...

Sir Thomas Roe (1581 – 1644) was an English diplomat and Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1621 to 1628. His correspondences that were later compiled...

Ukrainians have been referring to Moscow as Mordor since the beginning of the current war in 2014. And one of the most popular names...

"The mythological figure of Cossack Mamai.. is a reflection of the most typical traits and mentality of the Ukrainian Cossack – a combination of strong...

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In 1997, Zbigniew Brzezinski, a former US National Security Advisor, wrote 'The Grand Chessboard' where he described the importance of independent Ukraine. "Geopolitical pivots are...

Congressman Jim Himes: "It just looks like an episode of The Sopranos. 'Give us your minerals or we're not gonna help you fight a...

“Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion had good, solid, professional noncoms, and its troops had served together for a long time. It was a good rifle...