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Ukraine was hit just as hard during the 20th century, if not harder, and yet I have observed the inhabitants of Kiev to be the most cheerful and smiling people
by DenisM 9y ago
Ukraine was hit just as hard during the 20th century, if not harder, and yet I have observed the inhabitants of Kiev to be the most cheerful and smiling people (that was 20 years ago).
- dsabanin 9y agoI completely agree with your assessment, and that leads me to believe that the Ukrainians and Russians do in fact have different cultures. A lot of countries have been hit pretty hard during 20th century, but Russians were especially cruel to their own people and I believe that cuts much deeper. For example Golodomor in Ukraine is thought of as an external act of violence of Russians / Soviets, while concentration camps, mass executions in Soviet Russia were all done by Russians to Russians.
- develdevel 9y agoMaybe they were happy that they have finally got away from the sad Russians? (well, at least until 2014)