The land of fathers The Wild Field Was Its Name Donechchyna, my dear... Our parents' land, our fatherland, your surface and bowels keep the traces of the past- majestic and mournful barrows erected by entire nations for us to remember, petrified wood,...
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The land of fathers The Wild Field Was Its Name Donechchyna, my dear... Our parents' land, our fatherland, your surface and bowels keep the traces of the past- majestic and mournful barrows erected by entire nations for us to remember, petrified wood, witness of your luxury and grief, stone idols as if trying to tell something in their thoughtful silence. Your legends and stories bring us comfort, sermons, and reproach. You, our Land, is like a book of wisdom, so open yourself up to the people... Northern Azov-Black Sea grasslands stretch out between the still Don filled with calm waters of the Siverskiy Donets and the rapid Dniper River long known as «the route from Varangians to Greeks». Various names under which the area appears in the works of ancient historians and modern chroniclers range from Scythia, Sarmatiya and Khazariya to the Cimmerian, Kipchakskiy, Polovetskiy, Zolotoordynskiy and Nogayskiy land. It is here where the Bosporskiy Kingdom, Theodoro and Chersonese Principalit
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