al wrote:GreenScape wrote:al wrote:The Ukraine is Russian and always was. Ukrainians are Russians and always were. Ukrainian and Russian are branches of the same language.
Similar differences in language and culture between subgroups of one ethnic group may be seen in other countries, like Germany or China. Chinese even have similar political fragmentation (ROC vs PRC).
hmm, but somehow Ukrainian Prince Yuri I Dovgorukiy was founder of of Moscow
Firstly, you misspelled his name. Secondly, he was Russian from Russian city of Kiev.
Term "Ukranian" is of Polish origin. There were no Ukranians or Ruthenians until Poland captured west part of Russia in Middle Ages. Those true Ukranians are from what is now Western Ukraine. After Russia finally reunited in XVIII people from most part of what is now Ukraine still did not know they are Ukranians, they identify themselves as Russians.
Now-days Ukrainians are of invented ethnicity. At the beginning of XX communist revolutioneers pursuing their goals had used term "Ukranian" and "Ukraine" to make a separate Ukraine Republic. Then during WWII Nazi propaganda used this to spread the idea that Ukranians are not Russians, so they could raise pro-Reich nationalist groups there.
After 1991, Ukrainian governemnt began Ukrainization of Ukraine. They started to clear Ukrainian language of words which are similar to their Russian counterparts, changing them to words similar to Polish but which were never used before or just inventing new ones. They forced Ukranian language to be used as official (though Russian is still most used language, and even those "Ukranians are Ukranians, not Russians" politicians use Russian language in everyday life). They have corrected education program and history textbooks so new generation could learn that Ukranians are (allegedly) a separate ethnicity.
When Moscow was founded, there were no such pathetic pussy-nations like Ukrainians or Russians. Besides, it was not founded by knyaz Dolgorukiy, or Dovgorukiy, whatever he is called in Russian or Ukrainian respectively. Concerning all further elaborations of the matter, it is complete and stellar bullshit that could be placed in Paris Hall of Weights and Measurements as a paragon piece of shameless, deluded bullshit.
What a remarkably brainwashed view on the history of Eastern Europe. Not to mention your complete ignorance about the matters of language, ethnicity and nationality. You might as well go define Latvians as Russians, Swiss and Austrian as Germans, and Americans as British. The result will be pretty much the same - your sorry ass gang-raped and lynched. You are embarrassing yourself.