Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a lengthy lecture on medieval Slavic history to the leaders of Norway and Finland during an Oct. 27 phone call, offering little mention of an immediate cease...
The Russian leader has often invoked Ukrainian and Russian history to justify aggression against Ukraine, like during his interview with U.S. host Tucker Carlson in 2024.
If Putin wants to discuss the historicity of the Russia-Ukraine border, the area of Ukrainian speakers used to extend further east into the Caucasus until that region was russified.
Kyiv (482ce) predates Russia, the Soviet Union and Ukraine as a whole and is older than most of its neighbors.
Most of Russian culture is an outflow of kyivan influence not the other way round, ie. Most slavic locals are ethnically and historically kyivan not Russian.
If Putin wants to discuss the historicity of the Russia-Ukraine border, the area of Ukrainian speakers used to extend further east into the Caucasus until that region was russified.
Kyiv (482ce) predates Russia, the Soviet Union and Ukraine as a whole and is older than most of its neighbors.
Most of Russian culture is an outflow of kyivan influence not the other way round, ie. Most slavic locals are ethnically and historically kyivan not Russian.