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There is a line of thought that Russia, albeit, the russians of the former USSR are the scythians of legend.  If we take all the passages regarding MAgog and Gog in some instances, we can make certain discoveries by being as PRECISE as we can with the scriptures.Hesiod, ''the father of Greek didactic poetry,'' identified Magog with the Scythians and southern Russia in the 7th century B.C. (Hesiods writings precede the Book of Ezekiel.)Herodotus of Harlicarnassus, known as the ''Father of History,'' wrote extensively about the descendants of Magog by their Greek name, the Scythians, in the 5th century B.C. Flavius Josephus records that Magogians were called ''Scythians'' by the Greeks. Philo, in the 1st century, identifies Magog with southern Russia. To achieve the...