History
Why did Russia sell Alaska? Was it really a 99-year lease? Who exactly sold Alaska to the United States – and why? WAS: Popular history‘s…
The history of Ukraine’s fundamental law dates back to the Cossack era. On Saturday, June 28, Ukraine celebrates Constitution Day. For the fourth year in…
In Kyiv, you can see a unique engraving dedicated to Ivan Mazepa, created in 1705. It is a complex symbolic composition with the Cossack leader…
In the 9th–10th centuries, Kyiv became the capital of a powerful state — Rus. It would seem this is the beginning of Ukraine’s statehood. Official…
The building located at 7 Kontraktova Square is officially considered the oldest residential building in Kyiv. To clarify — it is the oldest residential building…
Muscovy takes the name “Rus,” but it never had what the true Rus possessed. In Kyiv, European kings were recepted, while in Moscow, they waited…
This year, the Ukrainian capital celebrates its 1,541st anniversary. The official founding year of the city is considered to be 482 AD, but in reality,…
Kyiv is much older than it was attributed to in the USSR (and it would be worth reviewing this and publishing the real numbers officially),…
Imagine the moment when an ordinary act of digging a cellar in your own yard suddenly unveils a secret frozen in time for millennia, and…
The Russian language is a surzhyk of several languages and dialects. In Muscovy, until the 15th century, they used and wrote in the Uighur alphabet.…
Did you know that Ukraine is a land of a special destiny? Everyone remembers the recent meeting between Zelensky and Trump at the Vatican. And…
1. Trypillia culture (5500–2750 BCE) 2. Cultural successors of Trypillia – Yamna culture (3300–2600 BCE) 3. Cimmerians (10th–7th century BCE) 4. Scythians…
