The Origins of Ukraine
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
It's not often we cover current affairs on The Ancients (the clue is in the name), but in light of Putin’s claims that Ukraine was “entirely created by Russia”, we wanted to highlight Ukraine’s extraordinary ancient history. From the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age.
To provide an overview of the country’s ancient history, Grand Valley State University’s Dr Alexey Nikitin joins us on the podcast and explains why he believes that the origins of Ukraine can be traced back to the Bronze Age.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the ancient's on history hit. |
| 0:03.3 | I'm Tristan Hughes your host and in today's podcast where we don't usually touch on current |
| 0:08.5 | affairs on the ancient's podcast as you'd expect. |
| 0:11.2 | But today's an exception. |
| 0:13.0 | We are living in extraordinary times. |
| 0:14.8 | We are witnessing before our eyes the horrific the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia, |
| 0:20.3 | orchestrated by Vladimir Putin. |
| 0:22.8 | I can't even imagine how terrifying it is for those Ukrainians having to resist this |
| 0:28.2 | aggressor on the front line and those trying to flee. |
| 0:32.0 | Now we can't do much on the ancient's podcast regarding this current invasion. |
| 0:36.9 | But we did want to use this platform to shine a light on this air of the world's incredible |
| 0:42.4 | ancient history. |
| 0:43.8 | The ancient history of its people, a history which stretches back thousands of years. |
| 0:47.7 | And also to show why Putin was so wrong when he and a third to that Ukrainians had always |
| 0:52.6 | been parts of Russia. |
| 0:54.6 | We're going to be giving an overview of Ukraine's ancient history. |
| 0:57.0 | We're going to be going from the Paleolithic, the Pleistocene to the Mesolithic to the |
| 1:01.1 | Neolithic all the way down to the Iron Age. |
| 1:04.2 | Joining me to talk through all of this and more. |
| 1:06.0 | I was delighted to get on the podcast Dr. Alexey Nitakin from Grand Tavaile State University |
| 1:11.9 | in Michigan in the United States. |
| 1:14.2 | I was incredibly grateful for his time and I do really hope you enjoy this podcast. |
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