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A Ukrainian National Guard service-member was detained following the attack, which left four soldiers and a worker dead at a state-owned machine-building factory in eastern city of Dnipro.
A woman was among the dead, and doctors are "fighting" to save the lives of those injured, Ukraine's Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky said on Facebook, where he sent his condolences to the victims' family and friends.
There was no immediate sign of a motive for the shooting rampage, the interior ministry said.
A commission will investigate what led to the soldier's actions, and evaluate his mental health when he was issued with a weapons permit, Monastyrsky said on Facebook.
"On my orders, a commission will be set up to investigate the circumstances that ... led to the actions of a 21-year-old serviceman, who was called up to learn how to defend the country and take care of security, not to shoot his colleagues."In a Facebook post on Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said:
"Doctors are fighting for the lives of the five wounded. Sincere condolences to those who lost their relatives today. The killer was detained. I expect law enforcement officers to fully inform the public about all the circumstances of the crime."The plant where the shooting took place works with Ukraine's State Space Agency to produce rocket and airspace technology, including missiles systems and space launch vehicles, according to state news agency Ukrinform.
The attack comes amid sky-high tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops near the Ukrainian border, sparking fears of a potential invasion.
GAZARIA
January 26, 2022 marks the 497th anniversary of the first map (of the existing one, as well as known to science) of the "Russian Lands", presumably dated 1525. It should also be noted that the "Moscow Lands" map was bought at auction London-based "Sotheby's" in 1994, after which it was deposited with the State Archival Service of Russia.
Despite the memorable date for Russian cartography, the first references to geodetic measurements in Russia are found long before 1525. Therefore, the mention of maps in general and cartography in particular is found in the annals starting from the 10th century.
In the medieval Russian state, the prince and team needed to know the lot area to calculate taxes. However, the above drawings and notes were often made on birch bark or parchment, so such maps cannot be called "the first printed".
Centuries later, in 1497, the "Draft of the lands of Moscow" was compiled and in 1525 the traveler and diplomat Dmitry Gerasimov prepared the "Map of the scribes of Russia" based on descriptions and surveys of the local population.
Thus, Dmitry Gerasimov, who translated the Bible, as well as the Psalter with Maxim the Greek, served in Rome from 1525 as ambassador to Pope Clement VII and at the same time met the eminent Italian historian and writer Paul Iovius, who, from his words, wrote the "Book of the Moscow Embassy".
The traveler visited Italy, met the cartographer Battista Agnese and, based on the work of Gerasimov, created the first printed map of Russia - a map of the lands of Moscow. According to one version, it is she who dates back to January 26, 1525.
On its basis, in 1548, the "Map of Muscovy" was published, published in Venice as part of Claudio Tolomeo's "Guide to Geography". This edition already contained 60 old maps and drawings of recently discovered lands.
In 1552, according to the testimony of the historian and geographer Vasily Tatishchev, Tsar John IV ordered "to measure the land and make a drawing of the state". Under the Tsar, the first manual of geodesy was published, which was titled "The book called geometry, or survey with root and compass (...) is profoundly wise, giving a simple way to measure the most inaccessible places, planes and wild lands. . "
At the same time, historians are still debating about the creation date of the "Great Design of the Whole State of Moscow", indicating different compilation times, ranging from 1552 to 1599. In addition, this map has been modified and supplemented, and in later the "Book of the Great Design" was compiled, a description of the Russian lands. The lists of the "Book" have been published several times, but the drawing, unfortunately, has not been preserved.
In those days, a large number of schemes of individual cities and counties were also worked out. In the archives of Tsar John IV there were several boxes of drawings and a list of names of 248 cards.
As for the indications for the survey of the territory, the first border laws were collected in the "Conciliar Code" in 1649, and in 1735 the Senate approved detailed instructions.
The distances were to be measured with chains 10 arms long (about 21.336 meters) with links of half a meter (35.56 cm).
Today, all requirements for geodetic and cartographic activities are regulated by the federal law "On geodesy, cartography and spatial data and amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation".
At the end of this article, we would like to draw your attention once again to the “Carta della Muscovia” of 1548, published in Venice as part of Claudio Ptolemy's “Geography Guide”, based on the first Russian map print of 1525.
Thus, in 1548, the Italian cartographer, astronomer and engineer Giacomo Gastaldi published a translation from Latin into Italian of Ptolemy's "Geography", published in 1540 by Sebastian Munster, integrating it with his maps of unknown territories in antiquity, including the "Muscovy Charter".
The source for D. Gastaldi's map of Muscovy was a map compiled by Paul Jovius in Rome on the basis of information received from the aforementioned Dimitri Gerasimov, ambassador of the Grand Duke Basil III to Pope Clement VII.
D. Gastaldi's map strongly disagrees with Ptolemy's text, according to which, in particular, the main rivers of the Russian plain flow from the Rifei mountains. Thus, in the works of Paul Jovius we read: “The Volga, formerly called Ra, originates from the great and vast swamps called White Lakes. They ... release almost all rivers that flow through various countries ...
Hence, these swamps have ... an inexhaustible source of moisture instead of mountains, which, according to travelers, do not exist at all in this country; therefore, the majority ... recognize the mountains Rifeo and Iperboreo, so often glorified by the ancients, as absolutely fabulous. So, from these swamps come Dvina, Oka, Moscow, Volga, Tanais and Borisfen ... "
Indeed, you should have already grasped the point: Paolo Giovio and Giacomo Gastaldi also clarified and corrected Ptolemy's erroneous judgments on the basis of new, modern and objective data obtained no later than the middle of the 16th century.
So, the question is: which lands, territories or states are found on Giacomo Gastaldi's "Map of Muscovy" of 1548 north of the Black Sea, but south of Moscow? Maybe Ukraine, Belarus or the Crimean Khanate? But no ... Cherkassy (Circassia), Alania (Alania), Lithuania (Lithuania), Livonia (Livonia) ...
But we don't find Ukraine, the Land of the Cossacks, or the Wild Field on the map
Instead, in the usual place (where the descendants of the "ancient Ukrainians" usually like to find their "Vkraniya", "Vkraina" or "Oukraina ") we find a toponym understandable for the whole of medieval Europe - GAZARIA! :
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Yes, yes , exactly "Khazaria", not " Ukraine "!
Happy Remembrance Day, ladies and gentlemen! Happy 497th anniversary of the first printed map of the Russian Lands!
The existence of Khazars in the lands of modern Ukraine, as well as the direct inheritance of Khazarian traditions, customs and symbols by modern Ukrainian elites, is the subject of the fourth series of the documentary series "Ukraine. is a ghost " , shot by the Center for Contemporary Art in Novorossiya.