Rurik, ‘Founder of Rus’ Dynasty’, Never Existed: Moscow may have invented the whole story...

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Muscovy-’Russia’ clings to Rurik with such ferocity as if this figure affects not only its history, but the very right to be called a...

‘Ukraine’ and ‘Muscovy’ names in a 1650 book title by French engineer Beauplan

According to Wikipedia, Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan (c. 1600 – 1673) was a French-Polish cartographer, engineer and architect. Beauplan served as artillery captain for the army of the Crown of the Kingdom...

Stolen identity of Kyiv Rus is the real reason Russia invaded Ukraine, – The...

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Since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014, one Russian phrase has haunted me. It translates to “They crucified a little boy...

‘Russians’ are the Volga Finns, not Slavs

Waiver: All nations are equal and the Finns are one of the most advanced nations in Europe these days. The reason for writing this...

George F. Kennan’s Essay on De Custine’s ‘Russia in 1839’: the Best Book about...

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George F. Kennan (1904 – 2005) was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet...

Novgorod the Great was a ‘Ukrainian’ city founded by Kyiv a century later than...

Per Wikipedia, Valentin Yanin (1929 - 2020) was a leading Russian historian who authored 700 books and articles whose expertise was especially Novgorod the Great, where he...

Phony ‘Potemkin villages’ explain a lot about Russian mindset, – Marquis de Custine in...

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"In the midst of the fetes of Petersburg, I cannot forget the journey of Empress Catherine into the Crimea, and the facades of vilages,...

Sharp difference exists between Ukrainians and Russians, – Ivan Bunin, the first Russian Noble...

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Ivan Bunin (1870-1953) was the first Russian writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1933. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried...

Hungary is shown its real “historic homeland”

With the start of Russia's war on Ukraine, the country of Hungary increased the sounds of its claims about its "Great Hungary" lands in...

Moscow was not founded in 1147 by Yury Dolgoruky. The name ‘Moskva’ is likely...

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The Chronicle of Novgorod published in 1914 is an invaluable document for many reasons. One of them is that it was redacted by Prof....