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ORANGE REVOLUTION :: Volodomyr the Great |
 | | They had lived in the Ukrainian steppes for more than fifty years and would often approach Kyiv. |
| | Nestor the chronicler wrote that the war against them was “never-ending.” To stem the tide of enemy attacks, Volodymyr began to build towns and fortifications on both banks of the Dnipro, Ostra, Desna and Irpin rivers and in Left Bank Rus’ near the Sula, Trubizh and Seym rivers. |
| | Fortified cities were built at critical points on the defense line, with high ramparts between them spanning several dozen miles. |
| www.orangerevolution.us /blog/_archives/2005/7/29/1086632.html (2103 words) |
