The kingdom of Ukraine under the king of RUssia ? You seem to have serious gaps in what is the definition of the modern state in political philosophy
Ukraine took the form it had in 91-2013 by exte...
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Once again, you have no clue about history of Eastern Europe, you donāt even know how ākingsā are called there (not ākingsā).
The territory of todayās Ukraine called Rusā - with the same language, religion and culture as todayās Ukraine - was a powerful player already in 10-11th century, when Moscow was basically a swamp. Back then it was called primarily Rusā (Ruthenia in English) but the name āUkraineā appears already in 12th century. As a matter of fact, it was one of the largest states in Europe back then.
Eastern part of Rusā was invaded by Mongols in 13th century and was occupied by them until 15th. The vassal state of Mongols on Slavic lands was called āMuscoviaā and heavily influenced by Mongol culture and language. Thatās when written sources started using the term āRussiaā to describe Muscovia and historians started referring to the original Rusā as āKievan Rusāā. Much later Moscow simply declared itself the only continuation of āRusāā and claimed the original Rusā aka Ukraine never existed. This is of course bullshit, contradicted by many historic sources.
Today Russian historians stopped using the term Rusā or even āKievan Rusāā whatsoever and instead simply speak of āpre-Mongol periodā, because any references to Rusā are quite inconvenient for them.
As for the cultural differences, Muscovia aka Russia is dominated by collective society where the concept of individual rights or freedoms does not exist, which is why it adopted totalitarian Bolshevism and today Putinism with such an enthusiasm. For the Western Slavs, including the original Russians, Poles and todayās Ukrainians personal freedoms and rights are fundamental part of the social structure.
Once again, you have no clue about history of Eastern Europe, you donāt even know how ākingsā are called there (not ākingsā).
The territory of todayās Ukraine called Rusā - with the same language, religion and culture as todayās Ukraine - was a powerful player already in 10-11th century, when Moscow was basically a swamp. Back then it was called primarily Rusā (Ruthenia in English) but the name āUkraineā appears already in 12th century. As a matter of fact, it was one of the largest states in Europe back then.
Eastern part of Rusā was invaded by Mongols in 13th century and was occupied by them until 15th. The vassal state of Mongols on Slavic lands was called āMuscoviaā and heavily influenced by Mongol culture and language. Thatās when written sources started using the term āRussiaā to describe Muscovia and historians started referring to the original Rusā as āKievan Rusāā. Much later Moscow simply declared itself the only continuation of āRusāā and claimed the original Rusā aka Ukraine never existed. This is of course bullshit, contradicted by many historic sources.
Today Russian historians stopped using the term Rusā or even āKievan Rusāā whatsoever and instead simply speak of āpre-Mongol periodā, because any references to Rusā are quite inconvenient for them.
As for the cultural differences, Muscovia aka Russia is dominated by collective society where the concept of individual rights or freedoms does not exist, which is why it adopted totalitarian Bolshevism and today Putinism with such an enthusiasm. For the Western Slavs, including the original Russians, Poles and todayās Ukrainians personal freedoms and rights are fundamental part of the social structure.
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