Thread: History Lesson

Originally Posted by alexsms

Anticipating an ardent debate and argument, especially since the name of Stalin has been mentioned, I may quickly suggest some considerations on q.2.

Kiev, the present capital of Ukraine, was the first known center of Eastern Slavic activity. So it was inhabited by Slavs long before Moscow and what is today's central European part of Russia. Kiev is often dubbed as The Cradle of the Slavic culture. The term historians have been using is Киевская Русь.

Certainly, there could not be a word Ukranian and Ukraine (which is a modern word) at that time. As you know one the traditional etimologies of the word Украина is The Frontier Land (край), meaning the frontier of the land (state).

So people of Eastern Slavic origin (ancestors of today's Ukranians, Belarussians, and Russians) settled in Kiev and created a culture there prior to moving in all directions (west, south and north) due to a number of reasons (such as raids by nomads of Turkic origin).

Are there any dates (or periods of time) for these historical facts?
I don't want a debate.

So that's basically what they teach in Russian schools about Kiev.
As for your first question, all I remember is just some names of different Slavic tribes. There is a group distinguished as Southern Slavic peoples, but I don't remember dates and record of their settling in the Balkans.
They teach more about Russians here of course.

Originally Posted by alexsms

So that's basically what they teach in Russian schools about Kiev.
As for your first question, all I remember is just some names of different Slavic tribes. There is a group distinguished as Southern Slavic peoples, but I don't remember dates and record of their settling in the Balkans.
They teach more about Russians here of course.

Spasibo za tvoiu pomosh'. Ya uzhe prochital o Kievskom Rusi.

I may try to answer your question about Balkans)). Wikipedia may provide some links, they can be checked for reliable sources.
So it takes time to find good sources.

Originally Posted by alexsms

I may try to answer your question about Balkans)). Wikipedia may provide some links, they can be checked for reliable sources.
So it takes time to find good sources.

I will also try to find an answer.