Ancient Kyiv Spoke ‘Direct Ancestor’ of the Ukrainian Language, famous linguist...

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Agathangel Krymsky (1871-1942) was a polyglot who was fluent in 35 languages ​​(some estimates put it at up to 60), including Arabic, Persian, Turkish,...

Scythian Farmers, Skoloti, Proto-Slavs, Rus-Ukraine

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Soviet Academician Borys Rybakov, in his monograph ‘Handicraft of Ancient Rus’, wrote in 1948: “Funeral rites of the Middle Dnieper region in the 9th-10th centuries...

Chamber-Graves of Kyiv Rus: Scythian burial ritual revival

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Swedish academic and Professor of archaeology Anne-Sofie Gräslund (b. 1940) in her 1980 book ‘The Burial Customs. A study of the graves on Björkö’...

Warrior in Chamber-Grave at Golden Gates in Kyiv: King Dir, ‘the...

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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...

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"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

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“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...

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Map of Ukraine of 1650 by French cartographer Beauplan

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Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan (1600 - 1673) was a French army engineer, architect, and cartographer. From 1630 to 1648 he was a captain in...

Ariadne, Labyrinth dance, spindle-whorls in Scythian tombs

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Homer in the Iliad wrote that "Daedalus in Cnossos once contrived; A dancing-floor for fair-haired Ariadne" and scholars are confident that it was the...

Castles of Kyiv Rus: Why the realm was called Gardariki

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The title illustration and the one below were found in the book 'Zhivopisnaya Rossiya', vol. 5 that was published in 1897. The illustration below...

Ukrainian Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force credited for initiation...

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In antiquity, Ukrainian Snake island had Colossal statue of Apollo on...

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The authors of a recent article in The Daily Beast shared an opinion that according to the legends, "Achilles supposedly went mad and killed...

Scythians in The Iliad

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Not many people know that Homer mentioned Scythians in his Iliad, only they are mentioned in it under different name. Here is the passage: Now...

Cro-Magnon Couple from Crimea/Taurica c. 10,000 BC: Indigenous population of the...

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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...

Muscovy-Russia paid tribute to Crimean Khans until the Treaty of Constantinople...

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The Treaty of Constantinople was concluded on 13 July 1700. The Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Empire agreed on a truce set to expire...

‘Ukraine’ and ‘Muscovy’ names in a 1650 book title by French...

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According to Wikipedia, Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan (c. 1600 – 1673) was a French-Polish cartographer, engineer and architect. Beauplan served as artillery captain for the army of the Crown of the Kingdom...

Ukrainian Borscht inscribed on the UNESCO List on Intangible Cultural Heritage

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"Ukrainian borscht - national version of borscht consumed in several countries of the region - is an integral part of Ukrainian family and community...