Scythian Poison Scythicon: Deadly arrows

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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...

Scythian Cannabis in Ancient Ukraine: Herodotus discovers hemp for Greeks

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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

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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....

Khokhol Hairstyle: Millennium-Old Mark of Nobility of Kyiv Rus Rulers

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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

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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

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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...

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Silver Finger-Ring from 12th century Kyiv in the British Museum

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Finger-ring, Kyivan Rus' / Kyivan Rus', Ukraine, Street of the Three Saints | The British Museum Images Silver finger-ring; bezel a cast disc; nielloed foliate...

Term “Little Russia” and the beginning of occupation of Ukraine (Quotes...

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Just last week a Ukrainian historian and politician stated that it has come a time to name the time after the October Revolution when...

Future ‘Russians’ attacked Germany in the ranks of the Golden Horde...

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In the year 1254, King of France Louis IX sent an emissary to Batu Khan, who had his camp at the Volga River. The...

Unique Kyiv Rus Jewellery Art of 1,000 AD: Created in Kyiv...

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L. V. Perars'ka, the Head of the Department of Medieval Kyiv at the Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine, and Special Research Assistant in...

Serge Lifar, world ballet great, recollects his native Kyiv of 1905-1921

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Serge Lifar was "a Ukrainian dancer and choreographer, and one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. Lifar was also a choreographer,...

Hitler and Keitel at “Werwolf” headquarters near Vinnitsa, Ukraine, 1942

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Per Wikipedia, Werwolf was the easternmost Headquarters used by Hitler in person. Hitler went there three times; his first stint, which lasted from July...

Mysterious Trypillia Culture in Ukraine was older than Egyptian and Sumerian...

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In the 1890s, while excavating an Upper Paleolithic site in central Kyiv, Czech archaeologist Vikenty Khvoika discovered artifacts of a later civilization. The pieces of pottery...

Mystery of How Kyiv Shaped Early Christianity in Norway

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The third largest Norwegian city is Trondheim. It is best known for being linked to unruly Viking kings but now it turns out to become...

Gold Decorations of Horse’s Harness from Alexandropol Royal Kurgan

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According to archaeologists, at least 14 horse burials were discovered intact in Alexandropol Royal Kurgan. Near the central chamber, a fully harnessed horse was...

Hitler and Keitel at “Werwolf” headquarters near Vinnitsa, Ukraine, 1942

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Per Wikipedia, Werwolf was the easternmost Headquarters used by Hitler in person. Hitler went there three times; his first stint, which lasted from July...

Cossack Country-Ukraine as seen by Syrian chronicler Paul of Aleppo in...

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Paul of Aleppo (1627 - 1669) was a Syrian archdeacon, traveler, and writer. He accompanied his father, Patriarch Makarios III of Antioch, on a journey from Aleppo...