Thread: Киев

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Welcome, guys.

I know the thread title doesn't sound English. Nevertheless Kиев - мать городов русских.

I know the thread title doesn't sound sound English.

It sounds great!

Have you se Have you se their mother?

Amazing post Lena, it's very disappointing that many people do not know this matter of fact. That Kiev/Kyiv was called Mother of all Russian cities, and that many ethnic Russians/Russkiye/Rus' have ancestors from Kiev/Kyiv .

It is disappointing when see people do not know that ((©)) the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was one of the two cradles of Russian statehood - Kievan Rus - . That There is a long-standing proverb => 'Kiev - mother of Russian cities'. However, These were times when there was no distinction between Russians and Ukrainians (IX-XIII centuries AD) - we were one and the same ethnicity.

For people who do not know :
((©)) - According to the Primary Chronicle of Rus, the Rus (a group of Varangians), had relocated from the Baltic region to North-eastern Europe (Holmgård - Novgorod, which is in Russia)creating a state which finally came under the leadership of Rurik . LATER Rurik's relative Oleg came to Kiev and founded Kievan Rus.
The descendants of Rurik were the ruling dynasty of Rus (Russia+Ukraine+Belarus) for centuries(more than 7 centuries). Many people don't know (because "historians" don't want them to know )

After the mongol invasion Rurik dynasty (Yaroslav II of Vladimir, Alexander Nevsky) MOVED FROM KIEV TO THE CITY OF VLADIMIR, WHICH IS NOW IN RUSSIA.

Later Kiev was captured by Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and then it belonged to Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The whole history the territory of modern Ukraine was divided:
one (the biggest one) part belonged to Kiev Rus'/ Russian Empire/USSR
the second one - to Poland (Galicia)
the third one - to Romania (Bukovina)...

So we still love each other , there is no fuss and hatred between Russians and Ukrainians ( and also Belarussians) , we still know we were brothers and sisters , unless those who got brainwashed ( it is more popular in Western-Ukraine )

Thank you, Foxy, for reminding me of that post of mine. It’s so natural for everyone to be proud of their motherland. Yes, being ethnic Russian I’m proud of the city I was born and live in.

I’m glad that people can see my hometown. Why don’t you do the same? Why doesn’t anyone do the same?

Originally Posted by Lena

I’m glad that people can see my hometown. Why don’t you do the same? Why doesn’t anyone do the same?

Well, actually Russia/USSR is my "paternal" land, i wanted to make a thread about "Smolensk (oblast) /Смоленск" ( my paternal city ) Which , unfortunately, i haven't find any thread about it , but i didn't get a chance to make a useful thread which introduce Smolensk as what it was/is . -i didn't want to only copy&paste- written things on other sites-

But not everyone can do this, cause the topic is " Russian cities " , so only people who has Russian background can do what you mention.

*i write you more , answered the question, in PM *