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Warrior in Chamber-Grave at Golden Gates in Kyiv: King Dir, ‘the...
The first known ruler of Kyiv, Dir, is mentioned in both the Primary Chronicle and a Redaction of the Novgorod First Chronicle. Although the...
Sword Hilts of Kyiv Rus: Ahead of Western Europe and Vikings...
"We have irrefutable evidence that at least the sword hilts were made in Rus cities. Regarding the peculiar hilts of the swords from...
Battle Axes of Kyiv Rus: Nearly perfect efficiency ahead of time
“Ancient Rus’ blacksmiths of the 10th-13th centuries fully mastered all the basic technical techniques of iron processing and determined the technical level of village...
Kyiv Was Powerful Capital City in the 9th Century Already: Vikings...
Soviet renowned Academician Borys Rybakov in his groundbreaking monograph the Handicrafts of Ancient Rus (1948), demonstrated the economic superiority of Kyiv Rus to contemporary...
Iranians are Ukrainians, a recent DNA study shows
Why does a picture of a defiant Iranian girl have the vibes of a Ukrainian girl? Especially if one substitutes the picture of the...
Kyiv Rus’ Influence on Czech, Bohemia Jewelry Ornamentation: 10th-century Rhyton with...
“The second bullhorn from the Black Barrow, embossed and engraved, is of a completely different nature. Its silver mount is completely covered with a...
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Ivan Piddubny, Ukrainian World-Famous Wrestler Whose Legacy Russia Tried to Appropriate
Two years ago, in 2021, Google devoted a Doodle to the 150th anniversary of the world-famous wrestler Ivan Piddubny. The text of it is:...
Scythian Origin. Coloxais, King of Kings
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Stalin re-established the Russian Orthodox Church in September 1943. Why?
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s family original last name was Chaika (Seagull) and it...
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First known Scorched Earth method took place in the area of...
The Scorched earth Wikipedia page tells us that "the Scythians used scorched-earth methods against the Persian Achaemenid Empire, led by King Darius the Great, during his European Scythian campaign....
“Tunnel of Love” originally was used to conceal the transport of...
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Oleksandr Usyk is the Absolute World Champion of Heavyweight Boxing
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