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Elk in Scythian Art of Borysthenites/Dnieper River Farmers: Proto-Slavs’ Totem Animal?
“Given the lack of folklore materials that could retrospectively illuminate the Slavic-Scythian relations of the 7th – 3rd centuries BC, one should turn to...
Amazons, Greeks, Scythians, Saurometae: Herodotus’ alleged visit to Amazons’ capital of...
“On his return journey , besides Colchis, we can note another region whose narrative conveys a "presence effect." Herodotus several times mentions the city...
Herodotus Measures Black Sea Coast
“Having obtained indisputable data on Herodotus's sea voyage around the Crimean Peninsula, confirming the high accuracy of his measurements, we must return to those...
Herodotus Measures Taurica/Crimea: Comparison with Italian Iapygia
“We have more compelling evidence of Herodotus's advance east of Pontic Olbia. Herodotus begins his account of Scythia's geography from the northwestern coast of...
‘Scythian Square’ of Herodotus: Borders of Scythia in the 5th century...
"Scythia is a quadrangle, two sides of which reach the sea, and the line running inland is the same length as the one that...
Why Scythians chased a hare before the battle with Darius the...
Renown Scythologyst Dr. Dmitry Raevsky (1941-2004) observed: “There is a curious motif on the gold appliques from Kul-Oba and on the silver appliques from the...
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Should Ukraine return to Crimea its historic name of Taurica?
Wikipedia quote: "Called the Tauric Peninsula until the early modern period (16-19th c.), Crimea has historically been at the boundary between the classical world and the steppe......
Kyiv Hoard of 1842 found near Desiatynna Church: how a Russian...
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...
Scythian Amazons’ Skincare
Herodotus in his 'Histories' wrote: "But the women pour water into a mixture of cypress, cedar, and frankincense wood, which they have ground...
Scythian Vessel with Hunting Scenes from Solokha Kurgan
The vessel has two hunting scenes in relief. In the first scene, two horseriders hunt a lion. The left horserider is shooting a bow,...
After Germany defeated Russia in WW1, Moscow lost control of Ukraine...
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria), by which Russia withdrew from World War...
Ukrainian refugees grateful in deed
Cleanliness as a noble trait in Ukrianians has been observed by many travellers - Edward Clark and John Steinbeck can be mentioned among many...
Ukrainian Zaporizhian Cossacks vs. Ottoman Imperial Fleet: Major naval battle at...
Sir Thomas Roe (1581 – 1644) was an English diplomat and Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1621 to 1628. His correspondences that were later compiled...
US General’s opinion of Ukrainian Soldiers
Also, according to Newsweek, Pentagon rated the effectiveness of the Ukrainian Army '12 out of 10'.
Novgorod the Great was a ‘Ukrainian’ city founded by Kyiv a...
Per Wikipedia, Valentin Yanin (1929 - 2020) was a leading Russian historian who authored 700 books and articles whose expertise was especially Novgorod the Great, where he...
Ukraine Ranks 24th as the Best Country for Software Development
"According to the report, IT service exports became the 2nd largest export industry in 2018. In 2015 Ukrainian IT exports made $2,6 billion, this number increased to $4.5...
Trump blaming Ukraine for starting the war with Russia is akin...
Feb. 19, 2025, NBC News: "President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Ukraine was responsible for Russia's invasion of the country three years ago, arguing...
Ukrainians who created Nuclear Missile Shield of the USSR: Korolev, Glushko,...
Asif Azam Siddiqi is a professor of history with a specialization in the history of science and technology. When the Soviet archives opened in the 1990s,...

















