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Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia - Ukraine
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, Ukrayina, /ukraˈjina/) is a country in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the northeast, Belarus t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viking: Encyclopedia - Viking
The name Viking is a borrowed word from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the Bri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viking: Encyclopedia Ii - Viking - Etymology
The etymology of "Viking" is somewhat unclear. One path might be from the Old Norse word, vík, meaning "bay," "creek," or "inlet," and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukraine - History
Human settlement in the territory of Ukraine has been documented into distant prehistory. The late neolithic Trypillian culture flourishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Chronicle: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Chronicle - Three Editions
For a long time the original compilation was attributed to a monk named Nestor, and hence it was formerly referred to as Nestor's Chronic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smolensk: Encyclopedia Ii - Smolensk - Medieval Origins
Smolensk is among the oldest of Russian cities. The first recorded mention of the city was 863 A.D., two years after the founding of anci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smolensk: Encyclopedia Ii - Smolensk - Modern History
Smolensk has been a special place to Russians for many reasons, not least for the fact that the local cathedral housed one of the most ve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukraine - Economy
Formerly an important agricultural and industrial region of the Soviet Union, Ukraine now depends on Russia for most energy supplies, esp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smolensk: Encyclopedia Ii - Smolensk - Between Russia Lithuania And Poland
Although spared by the Mongol armies in 1240, Smolensk paid tribute to the Golden Horde, gradually becoming a pawn in the long struggle b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukraine - Demographics
Ethnic Ukrainians make up 77.8% of the population. The minorities include significant groups of ethnic Russians (17.3%), Belarusians (0.6...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primary Chronicle: Encyclopedia Ii - Primary Chronicle - Two Manuscripts
The original of the chronicle is lost, and the earliest known copies are the Laurentian codex and the Hypatian codex, so it is difficult ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukraine - Geography
The Ukrainian landscape consists mostly of fertile plains, or steppes, and plateaus, crossed by rivers such as the Dnieper, Seversky Done...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukraine - Government And Politics
Ukraine is a democracy under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The President of Ukr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viking: Encyclopedia Ii - Viking - The Viking Age
See main article Viking Age. The period of North Germanic expansion, usually taken to last from the earliest recorded raids in the 790s u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viking: Encyclopedia Ii - Viking - Viking Ships And Viking Longships
There were no specific "Viking ships" or "Viking longships"; Vikings used any of the common Scandinavian longships. These boats were iden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viking: Encyclopedia Ii - Viking - Historical Records
The earliest date given for a Viking raid is 787 AD when, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a group of men from Norway sailed to Po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viking: Encyclopedia Ii - Viking - The Viking Invasions: A Commercial War?
According to Joel Supéry, the French author of “Le Secret des Vikings”, the Scandinavian attacks against the Frankish Empire were ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viking: Encyclopedia Ii - Viking - Modern Revivals
See also 19th century Viking revival. Early modern publications, dealing with what we now call Viking culture, appeared in the 16th centu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukraine - Name
The etymology of the Ukrainian name Ukrayina stems from the Old Slavic root *kraj-, meaning "cut". Opinions vary as to the immediate deri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viking: Encyclopedia Ii - Viking - Myths About Vikings
Viking - Horned helmets. There is little evidence that the Vikings on any occasion wore horned helmets. Apart from two or three represe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ukraine: Encyclopedia Ii - Ukraine - Subdivisions
Ukraine is subdivided into twenty-four oblasts (provinces) and one autonomous republic, Crimea. Additionally, two cities, Kiev and Sevast...   » Read the article