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russia has been using history as a propaganda tool to advance its political interests for centuries. russia employs the historical myth of descent from Kyivan Rus to claim a millennia-long history and justify territorial claims on neighboring countries, suspilne.media argues in the first episode of the “Great Russian Lie” series. —>
Kyivan Rus
The fact that foreign textbooks equate Kyivan Rus’ with russia is nothing more than russian narratives and financial incentives
“At the end of the last century, everyone in France and Europe knew well how to distinguish Rus’ from Muscovy,” wrote Théodore-Casimir Delamarre, the owner and editor of the French influential magazine La Patrie, in 1869. “History cannot forget that before Peter I [Peter the Great], those whom we now —>
Moscow, which remains in the backyards of civilization, still burns with hatred and envy toward the center – Portnikov
In Soviet times, a Kyiv publishing house presented a book “Ilyich over the Map of Ukraine,” with the Bolshevik leader on the cover – the same one who, according to vladimir putin, created Ukraine – leaning over a map of a neighboring country. Lenin, of course, created nothing. Like putin, —>
Ukraine to launch English-language course on history, culture, and identities
The Ukrainian Institute, National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, and the studio of online education EdEra have developed the first online course about Ukraine in English – «Ukraine: History, Culture, and Identities», writes ui.org.ua. The course is aimed at guiding the listeners through the thousand years of Ukrainian history starting from —>