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Recent history of the Ukrainian fight for independence - 🧵
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Animated history of Ukraine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJvz3Ai9Ppw
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It is difficult to talk about the relationship between Russia and Ukraine but they share a common ancestry. Over time this ancestry was more mixed and diluted due to different historical events.
However, most importantly, Kyivan Rus was the first most notable, although a loose federation of lands that encompassed many nationalities. The first mention of an established territory goes back to the year 839 when the Norse colonised that region. However, in 1043 the Slavs were already dominating the populous and the languages were predominantly Slavic.
It is hard to discuss those old times as unfortunately it is not well documented. Nevertheless, recent scholarship has attempted to move past the narrow and politicized debate on the origins, to focus on how and why assimilation took place so quickly.
Why does this matter? The annexation of the history of the Kyivan Rus, be it by appropriating Queen Anna of Kyiv or by insisting that Moscow possesses “succession rights” to the medieval kingdom, becomes a way for Russia to justify its imperial expansionism. Yet the capital of Ukraine (founded 988) is older than Moscow (founded 1147) but what is important to note:
Ukrainian Institute of Philosophy Anatoliy Kolodmyi wrote in an appeal to Mayor Vitalii Klitschko, that:
“Ukraine is Europe, the civilized world, which during the X ct existed at the level, and maybe exceeded, several European countries, that Rus naturally fit into the European search for its cultural identity, that it became the center of civilization for many eastern Slavic lands.”
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❗ Ukraine vs Russia - the History of Relationships
https://twitter.com/arthurkei_ua/status/1562067278199496706?s=21&t=yhgVfRM-sL_BQ_8p75RjXg
https://twitter.com/comegentlenight/status/1529055372056616961?s=21&t=ApthRURgxBiNuADan99oWQ
https://twitter.com/ahatanhel/status/1559219268906110980?s=21&t=zC8IKZPc2F5Qpg_D5H8_Rw
https://twitter.com/alinavictoriaw/status/1581067340154023937?s=46&t=j7piyBqBSY68eW5tsa-bMw
https://twitter.com/bohdananeborak/status/1602630321605955591?s=46&t=pifopCZsV4Prq5VVWwztfQ