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One Steppe Beyond

February 14th 2010
The advice on the first night as we sat in a Kiev bar was “be careful”! It seemed a bit extreme based on our first couple of hours and be careful of what we wondered. The advice came from a couple of London based Ukrainians, who had ironically boarded with us at Luton ......... it might say on the map that you are in the Ukraine and we might have been independent for 20 years, but remember you ... read more
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Ukrainian Flag Ukraine was the center of the first Slavic state, Kievan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kievan Rus was incorporated into the Gran... ... read more
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