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Senlis: City of Queen Anne Yaroslavna

Senlis : City of Queen Anne Yaroslavna .   Over 50 kilometers north of Paris is the town of Senlis . Tourists know it as one of the oldest cities in France. Local - a city of Anna Yaroslavna, the daughter of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kievan Rus , Queen of France. Anna Yaroslavna in Senlis moved with her son in 1060 , after the death of her husband - the French King Henry I Capet. She lived there rest of their life and is buried in the city. About Anna from Kyiv , as it was called in Europe, little is known. It is said that she was beautiful, with long blond hair and blue eyes and educated .   The Queen knew Greek and Latin, had signature as Anna Regina ( Queen Anne ) and King Henry I placed cross instead of a signature .   According to some reports , Anne of Kiev brought to France the so-called Reims Gospel , written in Cyrillic and Glagolitic . It was used for several centuries for French ...

In the Kherson region an ancient coat of arms of Ukraine was discovered.

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In the Kherson region an ancient coat of arms of Ukraine was discovered.  An interesting artifact was and reported on Facebook page by the deputy of the City Council, the chairman of the board of the Kherson Folk Art Folk Board "Dneprovskaya Palitra" Oleg Chernenko. Neighbors in the country, processing the site, found here is such a unique thing. Presumably 20-30-years, maybe even more ancient period.  The artifact  will certainly be transferred to the museum of local lore, where possible, a more detailed study will be carried out ... The coat of arms of Ukraine is made of white metal and has gilt remains. In any case, this find will replenish the base of already known varieties of the coats of arms of Ukraine ...  

Onuka reads Stus's poem. Video

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Onuka reads Vasyl Stus 's poem. The Ukrainian performer Onuka read the poem of Vasily Stus "Endure, the patient make you stronger". The video is part of the project dedicated to Stus and the award of his name. According to the concept, the works of Stus will be read by famous Ukrainians.

Sting will perform in Kiev in the fall on October 6.

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The famous English musician Sting will perform in Kiev in October this year. On the official website of the singer were published additional dates for his tour of the 57th & 9th World Tour, including a concert in the Ukrainian capital. 6 October 2017 – KIEV, UKRAINE – Palace Of Sports Presale: Wed. May 31 (10AM local) – Thursday, June 1 (5PM local) Public On Sale: Friday, 2 Jun 10am At the moment, the musician is on the tour of the 57th & 9th World Tour, which started in North America, then took place in the cities of Europe and is currently in the countries of Asia. Together with the musician perform guitarist Dominic Miller, drummer Josh Freese and guitarist Rufus Miller.

Do not worry there are 5 services where you can listen to your favorite music for free.

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C ame into effect a law President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko regarding blocking Russian social networks. This new sanctions against Russia. Currently, these sites are not available for use. Do not worry , there are 5 service where you can listen to your favorite music for free. 1.  Deezer allows streaming format to listen to recordings largest labels on different devices online or offline. Deezer The library has more than 40 million licensed tracks, more than 2 million albums and over 30 thousand . Radio. Deezer audience reaches 16 million users, and - 6 million paid subscribers. Paid subscription costs 7 euros per month , the first is free.   2. SoundCloud . This is a very popular site with functions of social networks. You can listen to the most popular songs, new albums by favorite artists and download tracks.    3. Tunein - an online radio service where you can listen to y...

Ukraine is one of the three largest sugar beet exporters

Ukraine is one of the three largest sugar beet exporters. In the current season, Ukraine increased sugar beet export by 6.6 times and entered the world's top three exporters. Ukrinform was informed about this in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). if we take the figures for March inclusive, then Ukraine really increased exports by 6.6 times! Thus, we entered the top three exporters of mainly sugar beet, and in the general ranking ahead of us there are about seven countries that produce and export predominantly cane sugar. Nevertheless, this is a very rapid breakthrough, "- said the economist of the investment department of the FAO Andrei Yarmak. The sugar industry brought to the Ukrainian budget $ 350 million of foreign exchange earnings. According to Yarmak, the export of sugar beet sugar also has problems, despite the increase in volumes. So the expert stresses that the price of domestic sugar is one of the lowest in the world. On the one hand, this gi...

Anne de Kiev Fest.

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  Anne of Kiev ( Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev ) Organizers of the festival in the capital Kyiv Anne Ukraine begin the campaign for the enthronement of Anna of Kyiv - together with the Orthodox Church Kiev Patriarchate.  Anne de Kiev Fest.  We have Anna Yaroslavivna and we should not forget about it . She is the mother of two huge figures in the religious world of Europe.  First her son Philip who was one of the leader of the first Crusade .   The second her daughter Edihna who has become as a result of certain events holy in Bavaria in Cul , which is still considered sacred.   And for the rest of the other factors we start a company through the support of the Kiev Patriarchate and by the support of the Paris metropolitan Michel , the first initiator of the event.   Today we begin a public campaign to collect signatures and collecting public activity of the Public Council to ...