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Scythian Cannabis in Ancient Ukraine: Herodotus discovers hemp for Greeks
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Khokhols: Ilya Repin’s Ukrainian Cossacks
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Khokhol Hairstyle: Millennium-Old Mark of Nobility of Kyiv Rus Rulers
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Older than Stonehenge and Pyramids: Megalithic Cromlech Kurgan in Ukraine
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Homer’s Iliad & Ancient Ukraine: Achilles’ Burial of his friend Patroclus
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Russian Betrayal of All Its Treaties in 1939: NYTimes archival article
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Scythian ceremonial gilded silver cup from Gaimanova Mogila Royal Kurgan in...
"The most outstanding work of Scytho-Classical art found in the Gaimanova Mogila kurgan is a small spherical gilded silver cup, with two flat horizontal...
Circular city of Baghdad and its predecessors
The picture in the previous article shows how the round city of Baghdad looked in 768 AD after its construction was completed. The city's...
Ukrainian Cossacks – the power of Freedom. (Quotes from a Harvard...
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Dostoyevsky: ‘Scratch a Russian and you will find a Tartar’
The quote is taken from The Diary of a Writer: "I have said that Russians are disliked in Europe. That they are disliked, I...
Tauric Chersonesus in Crimea vandalized by Russians in the 18th century,...
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“The Russian is Asiatic, with no regard for human life, barbarian...
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Oguz Barrow Artifacts: Scythian Horses’ Harness Decorations
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Black Stork Coin Commemorating the 38th Anniversary of Chornobyl
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Gold Phiale (Libation Bowl) from Solokha Scythian Kurgan
The phiale was found in the Solokha Royal Kurgan in Ukraine.
It’s Ukrainian Flying Fortress, not Russian
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The name of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, consists of two words...
According to Wikipedia, "the name Baghdad is pre-Islamic, and its origin is disputed. The site where the city of Baghdad developed has been populated...