The heydey of Pan-Slavism in Russia lasted from the staging of the Second Slavic Congress in Moscow in 1867 (in which no Poles or Ukrainians, other than two … Pan-Slavism. A cultural and political movement among Slavic peoples, prevalent in the 19th century, whose adherents believed that their lineal and linguistic ties should bring about a union of all Slavs. […]

The monument in Kiev MOSCOW July 28 (Itar-Tass) – Russia is marking for the first time in its history the Day of Baptizing of Kievan Rus – a new ‘commemorative date’ that has been established to commemorate the Grand Duke Vladimir, who adopted Eastern Orthodox Christianity as the official religion of the early medieval duchy of Rus. “The establishing of […]

The Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmet Davutoglu (Photo @ Wikipedia.org) Skopje Kanal5.com.mk  26 Feb 10   Report by Goran Momiroski: “Turkey Opposes Erga Omnes” Ankara is undermining the Greek erga omnes.  In Ukraine yesterday Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu informed [FYR]Macedonian President Ivanov of the Istanbul government’s firm position. Erdogan’s government will not alter its name stand at any […]

Quote: The name ANTES suggest this people was intermixed with Iranians, and linguists point to a large number of Iranian loanwords in Slavic that were acquired very early. This would not be surpsising if the Slavs came from Ukraine because they would have had contact with both Iranian Scythians and Sarmatians. Indeed the Sarmatians were still to be found in […]