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Gelon-Bilsk Grandiose Scythian Fortress in Central Ukraine: Account of Herodotus
“In exploring Herodotus' route through the northern Scythian regions, it is necessary to touch upon the detailed description of the city of Gelon in...
Herodotus in Scythia/ Ukraine: Places the Father of History visited
“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...
Darius the Great’s Way from Persian Susa to Scythia: Account of...
“The campaign began in Susa, deep in the Persian Empire. Herodotus says nothing about the Persians' movement through Asia. The army was supposed to...
Herodotus in Scythia/ Ukraine: Following in Darius the Great’s footsteps?
"What was Herodotus' goal in undertaking a journey to the northern shore of Pontus ? What cities known to us does he mention? Where...
Herodotus in Scythia/ Ukraine: Why the Father of History made the...
Academician B. Rybakov in his 1979 book ‘Scythia of Herodotus’: “After half a century of destructive Greco-Persian wars, during which the many thousands of armies...
Siversky Donets River, not the Don, is the Tanais of Ptolemy...
Ptolemy, the famed Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, in his second most well-known work, Geography (Book 3.5), provides coordinates of the...
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Cossacks Spirit & Hopak Dance
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Kyiv Aviation Museum among 10 best in the world, – CNN
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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...
Austrian page in Ukraine’s history. (Quotes from a Yale Professor’s book)
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