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Ukraine was pretty much never independent. No shared history, with Kiev having been capital of Russia for 3-4 centuries?

• golergka 10y ago
  It's like saying that Athens were the capital of Roman empire before Rome.
  • logfromblammo 10y ago
    ...which sounds like something that every Greek person would agree with, without even an iota of doubt or shame. Some of the Greek-Americans I have known actually have said exactly that, spontaneously, and completely independently of one another.
• krzyk 10y ago
  Kiev was capital of Kievan Rus', which is a different entity than the Grand Duchy of Moscow which later became Russia.
  • Mikeb85 10y ago
    Russia is named after the Rus people... Ukraine literally means 'border'...
    • PerfectDlite 10y ago
      > Ukraine literally means 'border'... So, Russians are not aware of Slavic languages, where 'Kraina' (as in Ukraina) means country?
      • Mikeb85 10y ago
        Don't know your point but https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine
        • kislotnik 10y ago
          As a native speaker I can assure you that the ukrainian word Krai (край) has two meanings - a land and a border. But border only of a physical thing - of a cup, table or watch. Never as a border of a country (or geo-social area), for this we have a different set of words (кордон, межа, границя)
    • krzyk 10y ago
      Ukraine means border, but I'm not sure if you know which country border (hint: not Russia).