The historical origin and development relationship between Russia and Ukraine

Ukraine and Russia have been on and off for hundreds of years in history. Ukraine was once the birthplace of Russia. In the later war, Ukraine and Russia formed an alliance, and Peter I began to strengthen his rule over Ukraine.

Since then, Ukraine has been incorporated into Russia. During the Soviet period, Ukraine became the hardest hit area of Soviet wrong policies and paid a huge price. If Ukraine doesn't like Russia, the influence of this period is a big reason.

1, Ukraine: the birthplace of Russia

In the 9th century, Kiev, Ukraine's first country, Russia rose. Kiev Ross is one of the earliest ancient civilizations in the eastern European plain. During the reign of Archduke Vladimir and his son yaroslav, Kiev Ross had a population of more than 5 million, and its border was unprecedented, making it the largest country in Europe at that time.

Kiev Ross has frequent trade with Byzantine, Western Europe, Northern Europe and Eastern Arab countries. Kiev is also known as the "city of emperors" on the Dnieper River. During the reign of Vladimir and his son, the political, economic and social life in Kiev was prosperous, which laid a cultural foundation for Russia and Ukraine today.

In order to resist the rule of Poland, Ukraine joined Russia on its own initiative.

The word "Ukraine" began to be used in about 12- 13 century. Later, this title gradually expanded to most parts of Ukraine today, and a new nation was formed with this title as a link.

But at that time, Ukraine only existed as a geographical concept and an ethnographic concept, not a political concept, because there was no such country as Ukraine, and the land of Ukraine was divided into the territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland respectively, and Ukrainians became a nation that lost their country.

The tsar turned Ukraine into a "little Russia"

The alliance with Ukraine, on the one hand, enabled Russia to get the coveted seaport, on the other hand, opened the door to Europe for Russia, and the advanced culture of Europe was continuously introduced into Russia through this black land of Ukraine.

The alliance with Russia has also become an important turning point in Ukrainian history. Previously, Ukrainian culture was mainly influenced by the West; Since then, the historical development of Ukraine has turned to the fertile soil of Russia.

Ukraine seeks independence from Germany.

19 17, the "February Revolution" occurred in Russia, and the empire disintegrated instantly. 19 17 In March, Ukraine established the central government "Rada" representing the bourgeoisie and petty bourgeoisie. In order to gain the recognition of Germany, "Rada" made peace with Germany before the Soviet government, at the expense of providing food and agricultural and sideline products, in exchange for Germany sending 450 thousand troops into Ukraine to resist the Soviet armed forces.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Germans entered Ukraine, they found an excuse to overthrow the "Rada" regime and fostered a pro-German puppet government. After Germany surrendered, the Soviet Red Army launched a counterattack and Ukraine returned to the Soviet territory. However, in the subsequent war with Poland, the Soviet Red Army won first and then lost, and was forced to cede western Ukraine to Poland and other countries. ?

1922 12. Ukraine joined the newly established Soviet Union and became one of the first four countries to join the Soviet Union. 1939, the Soviet government retaken the western Ukraine by force, and Ukraine was unified.

The wrong policy of Soviet Union deepened the rift between Russia and Ukraine.

Shortly after the "August 1 9919" incident in12000, Ukraine declared its independence when the central government of the Soviet Union was paralyzed.

Although Russia and Ukraine have changed from a family to neighbors since then, for more than 300 years, the two ethnic groups of Russia and Ukraine have merged with each other, and the same religious beliefs, similar language and culture, and similar customs and habits have closely linked the two ethnic groups. This doomed the feud between the two countries will continue to be written.

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The subtle relationship between Russians and Ukrainians;

In Russia, most people still hold prejudice against Ukrainians. They think that there is nothing wrong with Ukrainian culture and Ukrainians in "Russia", but Ukrainians who are not "Russia" are backward and insidious.

Ukrainians are familiar with Russian culture and political thought. Because a large number of people really live in Russia or have relatives in Russia. Russian media are very common in Ukraine. From a realistic point of view, it can't be said that Ukrainians (at least not people living in the western discrete areas) don't understand Russia.

So Ukrainians have a very subtle feeling for Russians-they know Russians very well and know many good people in Russia. They also know a lot about Russian language, culture and literature. In better times, this will be an excellent prerequisite for the two sides to maintain close relations.

Russian music, movies and literature are still very popular in Ukraine. In fact, about half of the people speak Russian at home. But these people remember their grandparents. They can or can speak Ukrainian. Until the 1970s, even easterners spoke Ukrainian at home.

However, this relationship has a very dark side-because Russians don't like Ukraine very much and Ukrainians feel disrespected-and they think that Russians don't respect their uniqueness, their national sovereignty and even their personal freedom.

Ukrainians think that they are "Cossack descendants", which means military spirit and personal dignity and rights. This is a personal political ideology. As the most political tradition in Russia, this ideology has great differences.

Ukrainians also believe that Russia is stealing many of their achievements-in the Soviet Union or Russia, if there is any value created by Ukrainians, these Ukrainians are often said to be Russians.

Even in the second half of the18th century, the name Russia meant Ukraine-on all maps, Russia was called Moscoff. Russian historians say that Ukraine means "frontier"-however, in Ukraine and other Slavic-speaking countries.

It means "domestic"; Because the name was stolen, Ukrainians began to call themselves "people from our country", probably because they thought no one could steal the name. In fact, the word "border" in Russian sounds very similar to the word "border" in English, but its etymology is different and it does not belong to Ukrainian.

In addition to the known ancient history, many Ukrainians still remember it vividly-some experienced the great famine in Ukraine and some fought against the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union even wants to assimilate all cultures into a "Soviet" of productive forces, claiming that all countries are equal. However, the relationship between countries is not equal. When you want to build a TV tower in Kiev, it may be because of a phone call in Moscow.

This plan will have to be changed-because it will surpass the Keno TV Tower in Hostains and become the tallest building in the world, so it must be 30% lower than it is now. Obviously, Ukrainians are not allowed to be excellent, especially if it means defeating Russia in some way.

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