a vigil and picket is taking place outside the ukrainian embassy in london ongoing
A pregnant woman tortured and then killed many youths
oh dear. You're really not going to advance your cause by denying Ukrainians exist. I have a Ukrainian grandmother, she's not a 'little Russian'.education is needed then. The ukrainians are russians as are the belorussians . The proper name for these people is eastern slavonic people.The ukrainian name was liitle russia because it was asmaller area than great russia another name was nova or new russia. belarus or white russia was a slishtly different form of russian as well.
The name ukraine stems from the Germans who tried to set up a puppet regime in kiev in 1918 it didnt last long. Its funny how history repeats itself as in 1918 the rada in keiv robbed the local ruthenian population the same way the IMF is trying to do now;
in anutshell the imperial west has been trying with occasional sucesses to seduce thr rutherainain(russian)people of south russia into rebeling against moscow for sometime.
I studied Soviet nationalities policy for my MA. I am part Ukrainian. I think I probably know quite a lot about it.educate yourself my grandmother is also ukrainian tit was known as little russia or nova rus dont be fooled into all this nationalist nonsense
Soviet nationalities policy was designed to remove Ukrainian national identity. The language was banned, their poets and historians were killed, there was a policy of assimilation. That's not an emotive statement, its just fact. Ukrainian nationalism didn't start in 1918 (despite what idiot chops in the OP maintains) and it has taken many different forms over the years. There is an unpleasant fascist tinge to parts of it at the moment, and rampant corruption, but that doesn't mean Ukrainains don't existWell Ukrainian lived for past many years into Russian culture shadows and seems was ok for long time util Soviet Union split up. I went in Ukraine 20 years ago, I did not felt at all as nationalist country as we can see now. Shame I should put blame on USA as always their make fight between workers no matter what nationality. You know what USA don't give dam about Ukraine. In Ukraine is plenty of corn fields so Americans can eat even more cheaply but what cost. Workers as always pay the heavy prices and died for no reasons.
There aren't enough face palms in the world. 'most masps'??!! Way to go citing your historical sources there. And way to demonstrate understanding of historical and contemporary geography.
But what do I know? Half Irish, Half Ukrainian, by your logic I don't exist
All people murdered by Stalin were right wing enemies of the state? Not what I studied. Not even what most rabidly communist Russians think these days. 'Regretable excesses' is I believe the current terminology.In my times as Breznev's time Ukrainian languages was at schools, lot of Ukrainian poets, artist singers as famous all over Soviet Union. Ah there are many right wingers at the Stalin times yes it was state as enemies.
that was aimed at the OP. You may find you only partly exist by his logic- lithuanian and Belorussian can also be traced back to the development of pan slavic languages in the era of Kievan Rus- so you're a russian after all.You do exist of course as myself half Polish, Bielorussian and Lithuanian and I am here.
But you've made yourself completely incredible and ignorable by attacking a) the right of Ukraine to exist b) the existence of Ukrainiansthe oppression by polish austrian goverments and zionists over ruthenian people has been going on for a long time. You may a done some silly uni course idiot chops but is doesnt sound to me like you have spent much time in the ukraine. But no time forpetty insults. The point being tommorow we commemerate the dead of the second world war and the defeat of the fascists.
While unbeliveably the fash are on the march again all over europe.
In odessa unspeakable things have just taken place.
Its time to make a stand.
what alot of people dont realise in the west is that ukrainians are rus they are the heart of rus the original historic heart of rus. I m not saying ukraine does not exist of cause it does its the biggest country outside russia in europe. What im saying is that as a seperate country to russia it had never been seperate before the end of the soviet.