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10th-century Rhyton from Chernihiv Black Barrow: Local and Indo-Iranian ornamentation motifs
“The famous silver mounting of a bull's horn from Chernaya Mogila is a magnificent example of flat embossing. A unique example of 10th-century...
Kyiv Elite Warrior on 12th-century Fresco from St. Cyril’s Church: Possibly...
According to Wikipedia, St. Cyril’s Church was founded in 1140 by Vsevolod Olgovich, the Kniaz' (prince) of Chernigiv, in the Dorohozhychi neighbourhood of Kyiv...
5th-Century Gold Fibulae Found in Austria in 1910: Made in Taurica/...
In January 1910, an ancient burial with gold jewellery was accidentally uncovered near the village of Untersiebenbrunn, to the north-east of Vienna, Austria. Unfortunately,...
Kyiv Radial Fibulae: Made by Rus people, not Goths
Fibulae is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibula developed in a variety of shapes... Unlike most...
Kyiv’s Historic Lands as of 1185: Donets River in the Tale...
“According to the annals of Kyiv Rus, four territorial princes with throne towns on the rivers Desna and Seim, east of Chernigiv, set out...
Chainmail Armor of Kyiv Rus: Ahead of Western Europe and Vikings...
Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a prominent Soviet archaeologist and historian who represented the Soviet Academy of Sciences at the Columbia University Bicentennial in...
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Armenia’s most famous rulers were of the Parthian Arsacid dynasty, –...
Moses of Chorene (c. 410–490s AD) was a prominent Armenian historian from late antiquity and the author of the History of the Armenians. Movses identified himself as a young disciple...
Historian Strabo’s amazing knowledge of Crimean/ Tauric Landmarks
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Theodore de Pauly, a member of the newly founded Imperial Russian Geographical Society (founded 1845), was the latest in a line of ethnographers, seeking...
Secret of gold-painted ceramic vessels from Varna Necropolis
"Ceramic vessels - plate and bowl from grave 4 of the Varna Chalcolithic necropolis. The plate is a wide flat plate and the bowl...
First Sputnik was launched Oct. 4, 1957. Korolev, Glushko were two...
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Moscow myth about “great Kursk tank battle” exposed
"The battle of Prokhorovka was steeped in Soviet legend (and myth) for many decades. This remained the case until post-Soviet era research revealed the...
World-famous painter Ilya Repin portrayed two nations – Ukrainians above, Russians...
The painter is Ukrainian (now officailly according to MetMuseum) Ilya Repin. The upper painting is the Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Turkish Sultan,...
In the 16th century, a Ruthenian/Ukrainian woman was taken captive and...
Born in Ruthenia (now Rohatyn, Ukraine) to a Ruthenian Orthodox priest, she was captured by Crimean Tatars during a slave raid and eventually taken via the Crimean slave trade to Istanbul, the Ottoman capital. She entered the Imperial Harem where...
Russian Fervent Patriots and Finnish Buffet, – A. Kuprin’s observation of...
"I remember about five years ago I had to come to Imatra for a day with the writers Bunin and Fedorov. We were...
Panteleimon Kulish, a 19th-century writer at the forefront of Ukrainian national...
Panteleimon Kulish’s 200th Birthday Doodle: "Today’s Doodle celebrates the renowned Ukrainian writer, historian, and translator Pateleimon Kulish, born on this day in 1819. Through...
Banksy’s “Trolley hunters” appears prophetic after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Created in 2006, the painting was auctioned at Sotheby's in 2021 for $6 698 400.
John Steinbeck on Ukrainian bee farm
"We moved on to a flowered meadow where there were hundreds of beehives, and a little tent where the beekeeper lived. The air was...