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The Trypilska Kultura – The Spiritual Birthplace of Ukraine?

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1. The Spiritual Birthplace of Ukraine In 1897, archaeologist Vikentiy Khvoika discovered the Trypillian civilization, and hypothesised that they might be the original ancestors of all Slavs. While this theory is in dispute, the Trypiltsi, located in central and south-western Ukraine [1], certainly influenced Ukrainian religious and artistic culture. The Trypillian civilization came to it’s final … Continued

Oleksandr STROKAL OLEKSII DOVHIY’S MELODIC WORD Review of Oleksii Dovhiy’s collection of poetry «Rodensky melodies»

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Oleksandr STROKAL   OLEKSII DOVHIY’S MELODIC WORD Review of Oleksii Dovhiy’s collection of poetry «Rodensky melodies»   Peony, harmonic correlation of vowels and consonants in the word, rich poetic rhyme and melodic, chilling rhythm of stanzas – the main features of poetry from Oleksii Dovhiy’s collection «Rodensky melodies». The poetry of the author is filled … Continued

Oleksandr STROKAL WOMEN’S UNIVERSE Review of Olena Sybyrenko-Stavroiani’s collection of short stories «In the Shadow of the Dance»

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Oleksandr STROKAL   WOMEN’S UNIVERSE Review of Olena Sybyrenko-Stavroiani’s collection of short stories «In the Shadow of the Dance»   From ancient times, the poems were dedicated to women, they began wars for the sake of women, adored and executed innocents for the sake of women, put conquered countries, treasures, and souls at their feet … Continued

Oleksandr STROKAL BEYOND THE POWER OF ILLUSION Review of Olena Sybyrenko-Stavroiani’s collection of tales and stories «Magic bow»

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Oleksandr STROKAL   BEYOND THE POWER OF ILLUSION Review of Olena Sybyrenko-Stavroiani‘s collection of tales and stories «Magic bow»   The magic of illusion, before which a completely defenseless real world, a world of people. The illusion as the main motive of progress, the factor of intentions, desires and actions – that’s the main motive … Continued

Taras Holota Artistic Conceptualization of FEAR: Review of Ya. Yu. Sazonova’s monography “Phenomenon of fear in horror texts of the Ukrainian and English literature: linguopragmatic aspects”

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  Taras Holota   Artistic Conceptualization of FEAR: Review of Ya. Yu. Sazonova’s monography “Phenomenon of fear in horror texts of the Ukrainian and English literature: linguopragmatic aspects”   The review has been written with the aim of analyzing, comparing, and interpreting the theoretical basis of Ya. Yu. Sazonova’s monography “Phenomenon of fear in horror … Continued

2015-5. Museum. Pottery in Trypillia Culture style

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Valeriia Vitryk Pottery in Trypillia Culture style In 2012, I graduated from Kyiv Industrial College (KMC), specializing in artist-performer ceramics. In the process of learning, we worked with clay – a material that is man for thousands of years. In selecting the theme of his thesis, I was guided by the following: try to reproduce … Continued

2014-5. Review. High precision Tripolye settlement plans

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Knut Rassmann, Rene Ohlrau, Robert Hofmann, Carsten Mischka, Nataliia Burdo, Michail Yu. Videjko, Johannes Muller High precision Tripolye settlement plans,demographic estimations and settlement organization   Journal of Neolithic Archaeology 16, 2014, 63 – 95 [doi 10.12766/jna.2014.3]. www.j-n-a.org High precision geomagnetic plans of Tripolye mega-sites were recorded during a German-Ukrainian project from 2011–2013. Here, detailed geophysical … Continued

2014-5. Review. Substratology in contemporary linguistics

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Chrystyna Storozhuk Substratology in contemporary linguistics   Христина Сторожук Субстратологія в сучасному мовознавстві   ABSTRACT The article deals with the origin of the notion “substrate”, which is considered to be the combination of language features, spread on the same territory before. The substrate aspect has been profoundly investigated in European languages, but it still requires … Continued

2014-5. Review. New geophysical plan of the Trypillia mega-site of Nebelivka

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Antiquity Volume 088 Issue 339 March 2014 http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/chapman339/ The planning of the earliest European proto-towns: a new geophysical plan of the Trypillia mega-site of Nebelivka, Kirovograd Domain, Ukraine John Chapman, Mikhail Videiko, Bisserka Gaydarska, Natalia Burdo, Duncan Hale, Richard Villis, Natalie Swann, Nathan Thomas, Patricia Edwards, Andrew Blair, Ashley Hayes, Marco Nebbia & Vitalij Rud The … Continued

2014-5. Review. Maydanetskoe: Investigations, Based on Updated Plan

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Stratum Plus, 2014, №2: 285-302 Maydanetskoe: Investigations, Based on Updated Plan After more than two decades, fieldwork has been renewed in Maydanetskoe — one of the largest settlements in the area of the Tripolian Culture between the Southern Bug and Dnieper, which was earlier excavated between 1971 and 1991. According to the new results of … Continued