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Zombies Comparing Russian soldiers to "zombies" is a common metaphor in the Ukrainian media and among the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine...

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...

“Without repeating what has already been said about Herodotus's brief excursions around Olbia (Cape Hippola, the sanctuary of Demeter, Hylaea, the mouth of the...

The bridge was designed by Irish engineer Charles Blacker Vignoles. Construction started in 1848 and was completed in 1853. The 776-metre-long (2,546 ft) bridge was the...

Professor of History  Dr. C. Raffensperger in Introduction to his recently published book 'Kingdom of Rus': "Examining a wide range of medieval sources, the...

"If anything, the military purpose of Chernobyl-2 is a reminder that the purpose of the Chernobyl power station was never entirely civilian, either. While...

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...

Homer in the Iliad: With shouts the Trojans, rushing from afar,  Proclaim their motions, and provoke the war  So when inclement winters vex the plain  With piercing frosts, or...

"In the summer of 1843, during Solntsev’s stay in Kyiv, a discovery in the Kyivan St. Sophia led to one of the most thorough...

Read about Mykola Pymonenko and his prominent works >

Fun to watch 66-year old train in such good shape and at such a speed!

That would explain the letter "Z" his troops use as a mark. Ukraine wishes Putin to repeat the destiry of Zorg and get blown...

Napoleon's Address to the Troops on the Beginning of the Russiaii Campaign, May 1812: "Soldiers: The second war of Poland has commenced. The first war...

In 2021, The Republic of Cameroon minted 500 coins with the image of a Ukrainian Zaporizhian Cossack as part of its Legendary Warriors coins...