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On a 1662 map (Tabula Russiae), it’s clear: Ukraine is the land of the Cossacks, while Muscovy is a separate territory to the northeast.
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Until 1721, Russia was officially called "Muscovy." They rebranded to "Russia" to hijack Kyiv’s history and pose as the heirs of ancient Rus'.
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The Ostrog Bible (1581) was the first complete printed edition of the Bible in Church Slavonic. A masterpiece of printing, born in Ukraine. Ukrainian presidents take their oath of office on this Bible during their inauguration.
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Ukrainian presidents take their oath on the Peresopnytsia Gospel, not the Ostrog Bible, which was printed in Ostrog in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrog_Bi… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian… president.gov.ua/en/news/volodi…
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The first computer in continental Europe was created in Kyiv in 1950. Ukrainian intellect has always been at the forefront of global technology.
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The creator of the MESM computer from Kiev was Sergey Alekseyevich Lebedev (Russian: Сергей Алексеевич Лебедев), a Russian scientist, electrical engineer and pioneer of computer science in the Eastern Bloc, considered the "father of consciousness". i-programmer.info/history/9-mach…
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In 1654, traveler Paul of Aleppo wrote that in Ukraine, even orphans and women could read. In Muscovy at that time, literacy was a rare privilege for the few.
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Lviv University was founded in 1661. That’s 94 years before the first university in Moscow. We established systemic education centuries ahead of them.
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University of Lviv (officially since 1999 Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukrainian Івана Франка) - a university in Lviv, founded from the Jesuit college by King John Casimir of Poland in 1661 as the Lviv Academy. pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniwersyt…
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Our struggle today is not the beginning of history; it’s its logical continuation. We have been defending our land for 1,500 years. For exactly the same amount of time, Russia has been trying to occupy Ukraine.
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The largest desert in Europe, the Oleshky Sands, is located in Ukraine. Our nature is as diverse as our soul.
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In 1918, Ukraine already had its independent state with name Ukraine (UNR), its own currency, and international recognition while Bolsheviks took power by force. Russia came into existence as the Russian Federation only in 1991
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Ukraine was identified on European maps as "Terra Cossacorum" (Land of the Cossacks) as early as the 16th and 17th centuries.
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The first ABC book was printed in Lviv in 1574. Ukraine has always been a land of books and profound knowledge.
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I don't understand people who get into arguments with Russians. What's the point?
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Ukrainian verry different to Russian. It is linguistically closer to Polish, Czech, and Belarusian than to the language of the occupier.
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1/5). Russians often say that if Ukraine was previously known as Rus’ or the Ukrainian People’s Republic, those were different states, not Ukraine.
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4/5). Mari El, Mordovia, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Chuvashia, Altai, Buryatia, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Tuva, Khakassia, Karelia, Komi, Kalmykia.
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5/5). Russians still do not have their own state, but do Russians even exist then? Who do they represent, what ethnicity are they, and where is their territory?
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Graffiti on the walls of St. Sophia in Kyiv (11th century) contains clear features of the Ukrainian language. We’ve been speaking this way for a millennium.
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Saint Sophia of Kyiv was a cultural hub where books were transcribed while wild animals were still being hunted on the site of the future Kremlin.
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