Ancient Lyubech in Ukraine: Ancestral home of Volodymyr the Great, Gateway...

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Lyubech is currently a rural settlement in Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located 200 kilometers north of Kyiv, and near the border with...

He, Who Fights Alone: Volodymyr Monomakh, fearless hunter and Kyiv Rus’...

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M. P. Kuchera (1922-1999) was a Ukrainian archaeologist of Czech origin, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine, and Leading...

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Original Rus was centered in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Pereyaslavl only; Even...

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Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a Soviet and Russian archeologist and historian who held a Chair in Russian history at Moscow University since 1939,...

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