John Steinbeck describes the ruins of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, St. Sophia and sarcophagus of Yaroslav...
"We went from this little plaster city, so new that it has not even been built yet, to the ancient monastery...
John Steinbeck describes post-WW2 Ukraine. (1946 Kyiv trip)
Excerpts are from “A Russian Journal” written by John Steinbeck after his trip with a famous war photographer Robert Capa to...
Ivan Kharchenko personally defused more than 1500 bombs weighing more than 500 kilograms each...
A Soviet Army Military engineering Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union, Kharchenko continued his military service until retirement...
During his speech in Kyiv in 1972, President Nixon named Kyiv the “City of...
"As I think of a way to describe our feelings on this occasion, I noted that in history--and this city is...
Strongest Soviet invasion Army of WW2. What was it doing in Ukraine in 1940...
Modern Russian as well as former Soviet propaganda have been trying to imply that the USSR began to form its armies...
Death Match with Nazis, Three Best Players of the World, Top-10 Coach Ever –...
Dynamo Kiev is not just the best and most titled football team in the former Soviet Union or Eastern Europe - the British...
History as a Weapon in Russia’s War on Ukraine, – Atlantic Council
"We learn that “the Russians” suffered twenty-seven million losses before taking Berlin. Meanwhile, there is scant reference to the fact Ukraine saw...
How Moscow bred Hitler
In approximately 10 weeks the whole Russia will be in its usual frenzy for this part of the year. Month of...
The biggest tank battle of all time took place in Ukraine on June 23,...
The largest tank battle of WW2 is largely unknown, but it took place in western Ukraine in the triangle between the...
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...
