The opposite: Donbass resists West-backed regime change much like Syria resists West-backed "rebels." @GNich1985
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In the late Russian Empire, Velikorosy (great Russians) populated Donbass & Malorosy (little Russians)—central Ukraine, eg Kiev. @GNich1985
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And Galician minority—which forces the most vocal petty Ukrainian nationalism today onto the majority—were under Austro-Hungary. @GNich1985
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1920s Soviet korenizatsiya policy boosted "ethnic minority nationalism" in order to create local Communist cadres in the regions. @GNich1985pic.twitter.com/JPsieHNXqV
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Also, current militant Ukrainian identity is negative: Ukraine = project anti-Russia. Negative identities ALWAYS fail. @GNich1985
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it clearly indicates Russian as the largest group. Ukraine may be listed as Foreigners
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»Ukraine« owes its existence thanks to the USSR which 1st time ever established a »Ukrainian« state 1917.
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Luckily, all of current Kiev's de-sovietization and history-rewriting efforts are doomed to fail.
#Karma
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Ukrainians and Russians are the same. The Tribes of the Kievan-Rus founded Russia
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Ignorant American here. What's the corollary? That Ukrainian is not an ethnicity?
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