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evilelitest2 · 7 months ago
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Ukraine Russia ConflictPart three, the Kievan Rus
Ok so where did this conflict start?  To understand that, we need to go back to the 9th century, where records are short, legends are long, and nationalists search the seas for mythological times to pine back too.  Welcome to Kievan Rus, aka Ruthenian, aka Svitjod the Great, aka Svitjod the Cold, aka “The place where Russian and Ukraine both trace their origins to this point. 
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If anything, this map makes things too clean
 But before we talk about the Rus, we need to talk about “Periodization”.  Periodization is one of the most important concepts about being a historian, it's the dividing the past into distinct parts so it can be easier to understand. If you’ve ever studied Japanese History and are looking at the “Edo Period” or the ‘Showa Period” that's periodization, it's cutting up the past into distinct units.  Periodization is in many ways necessary to understand the past, you can’t study all of it or you will go mad, but it can create these divisions in time which don’t necessarily exist naturally.  A great example of this is the Early Modern Period, which historians use to highlight the development of the trends that will eventually emerge into the modern world.  The slow rise of capitalism, the slow death of feudalism (except in Russia), the downfall of the hegemony of the Catholic Church, the start of mass media, the first movements towards industrialization, the rise of the first global colonial empire and the creation of modern states.  It’s a very useful framework to understand the changes that happened in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.  However, if you are a random Hanoverian peasant, as far as you know, there isn’t any difference between 1491 and 1492.  Time periods are useful but they aren’t ironclad things, like money, it's an illusion, just a functional and useful illusion.
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The reason why that tangent mattered is that when it comes to what is called “National History”.  So you have a nation right, a whole new cool nation.  How do you make sure everybody is part of this nation?  Oh well you have public schools and in those public schools you have textbooks which teach the history of your country, how neat is that?  So..where do  you start?  History is long and it can be difficult to teach.  Like if the US finally got a national history curriculum, where would you start?  People have lived in the lands of the United states since at least 10,000 BCE, do we start there?  Do we start with the first European arrival in the colonies?   These aren’t neat or easy to answer questions, debates over “where do we start our history” can get really intense.   A lot of French history books will teach the Gauls to be like “look, these are our ancestors” but there is literally a thousand years separating the conquest of Gaul from the Emergence of France.  
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Utterly uncomplicated in every way
Periodization matters for our purposes because both Ukraine and Russia point to the Kevian Rus as “the start of their civilization.” and while the events of the late 9th century shouldn’t be affecting us today, apparently it does.
 Another note is that the Kevian Rus is a bit hard to document due to the fact that the people didn’t have a writing system, so what we know comes from archaeological evidence and outside sources, so the make up and borders of this region is a bit hard to define with certainty but fuck it lets go. 
The Kievan Rus consisted of most of central and eastern Ukraine, Belarus, and the western chunk of Russia, and as the name implies it was based in Kiev, what is today the capital of Ukraine, though it wasn’t known as the Kievan Rus at the time, it was called the land of the Rus (due to the ruling Rurik dynasty) or just “Rus''. The earliest version of the word Russia refers to the eastern half of the Kievan Rus, while the western half (what is today Ukraine) was known as Ruthenia.   Since its origins are the stuff of legend, it might have been founded by Norse traders, or Norse people were invited to rule, or a bunch of Vikings settled peacefully in the area, it's a huge flame war among nationalists that isn’t relevant other than to show how much people still care about this area.  The Rus was a major trade network in the area and it was more of a loose confederation of city states rather than a strong centralized empire.  
Most relevant to our story is there relationship to the Byzantine Empire
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Byzantium at its largest extent
  TANGENT TIME.  The Byzantine Empire was never called that during their time, they always thought of themselves as the Roman Empire.  When Constantine the Great converted the Empire to Christianity, he moved the capital to the new city of Constantinople (famously the modern city of Istanbul).  A century or so later, the empire split into East and West, with the East being seen as the greater and more powerful of the two.  The Western Roman Empire fell in 476 AD, the east just…kept on going until 1453.   No I’m not kidding, this matters for understanding Ukraine, those Zelensky memes were created in the legacy of Justinian the Great, keep watching.  As mentioned earlier, Western Empire goes Catholic, the Eastern goes Orthodox, and after the west falls, the Eastern Roman Empire keeps on going.  We call it the Byzantine Empire for…complicated reasons I might explore some day.  Anyways, by the time of the Kevian Rus, the Byzantines are the supreme cultural, military and most importantly economic power of Eastern Europe, and the Rus are basically massive fucking simps for them.  Like “please notice me Patriarch senpai '' simps.  They even played a major role in the Varangian Guard, the personal bodyguards of the Byzantine Emperor.  
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The Rus were pagan at the time, a mix of the norse pantheon and the Slavic pantheon (pagan religion is complicated and deeply synthetic, I might talk about that in another post), but due to its location it always had Christian, Jewish and Muslim minorities, but it should come as no surprise that in 988 Volodymyr the I or Vladimir the Great converted the kingdom to Christianity, and due his taking a Byzantine bride and thus marrying into the Imperial family, it was of course Orthodox Christainity, thus starting over a thousand years of Orthodoxy in the region.  Anyways, eventually all good things came to an end and by the 12th century it suffered the weaknesses of feudal confederacy (succession crisis) and had largely broken apart in all but name, as local feudal lords sort of went their own way.  This is where the Russian/Ukrainian split first sort of not really occurs, the informal overall Rus still exist but you get these smaller Rus within it, the Novgorod Rus, the Moscow Rus, the Vladimir Rus.  But the distinction between the various Rus comes to matter less than you’d expect because suddenly…MONGOLS 
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I really can’t empathize enough how big of a deal the Mongols were on the world stage, and probably one of the few legitimate examples of the Great Man theory of history proving true.  Temujin’s abandonment issues eventually result in an empire which destroys the Status Quo of the Eurasian world, and leads to the largest continental empire in history.  In the Mid 13th century, Temujin, later known as Chiggis Khan (Ghengis Khan to the West) would create the most terrifying military machine in history to that point, which would wipe out whole civilizations.   So suddenly all these Mongols show up and wipe out…basically everything.  The Rus?  Gone.  The Civilization that originated both Russia and Ukraine is now definitely gone for good.  The Mongols keep the East, which becomes part of the “Golden Hoard”, while the west reforms as the Galician-Volhynian Principality, and eventually gets eaten by Poland and Lithuanian.  
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Now there have been entire series of books written about the culture, political structure and history of the Kievan Rus but what matters to us is its legacy in the historical memory of Slavic nationalists, the Rus is considered the origin point of both Russia and Ukraine, and many Russian nationalists feel that Kiev is there birthright.  For Americans, this can be a bit hard to imagine because the US has never lost major territory in its history but imagine if Pennsylvania became an independent nation, and now we have all these places of national significance in another country.  Hell we can take this further, Imagine if the East Coast became independent, and Texas history books talk about the founding of the US, but all of the places where the US was created are now outside there territory.   Now that isn’t a justification, “oh my ancestors once lived there so I get to invade’ is stupid.  Also the later Principality of Moscow and the Princedom of Galicia-Volhynia will each claim to be the “true” heir to the Rus, in a manner very similar to the Holy Roman Empire actually.  This isn’t the only thing causing the conflict, but nationalist fanfiction about the origin of the Slavs still plays a major role in modern politics.  This also is a big part of why Russian nationalists don’t consider Ukraine a thing, to them Ukraine is just a different part of Russia with funny accents, not their own nation with their own history.  The Russian conquest of Ukraine (the first one) was presented as a reclaiming of traditional Russian land, not the taking of a foreign land.
Next time, Russian history, because nothing says “I’m going to explain the conflict in Ukraine” like spending most of it on Russia. 
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miablurry · 4 months ago
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Why is Vladimir the Great so handsome? Like he's so "manly" Handsome that I can't. Also, I had a dream where he gave me quests, and he was so close to me, and so Handsome.
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evonydavidguo · 1 year ago
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What about the Tavern General Vladimir the Great in Evony?
As the Grand Prince of Kiev, Vladimir the Great was a politician and militarist in ancient Russia. In Evony, Vladimir the Great is an Epic Historic General with some debuff attributes that can be obtained in Tavern. If you would like to know his special skill, specialty, and other paths to get him, please read this article. And we will give some suggestions about the application of this…
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vesperosy · 10 months ago
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two lovers reunited
my illustration for memento mori, a free digital curse of strahd zine
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kryptonbabe · 8 months ago
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Alan Scott: The Green Lantern #6 "All that may become a man" by Tim Sheridan & Cian Tormey
It's over now and I'm going to miss this mini-series
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morthern · 11 months ago
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Happy Mermay!!
Shark Nolan and Octopus Makarov :3c
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democratthatlovesguns · 25 days ago
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Mad at Chuck Schumer? DON'T BE.
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT DIVISION WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS EXACTLY WHAT PUTIN PAYS THOUSANDS OF INTERNET TROLLS TO DO - IT'S A MASSIVE PART OF HIS WAR EFFORT.
REMEMBER BERNICRATS? PUTIN PROMOTED THE FUCK OUT OF THAT.
If you're mad at Chuck Schumer, you are falling for exactly what Trump and Putin have orchestrated.
But unlike Trump and Putin, Schumer believes regular people (not politicians) can see right through the bullshit ...
What would a democratic-led government shutdown give Trump and Putin?
Trump is not held accountable for the economy - Immediately, Trump and his surrogates and Faux News would be running around talking about how the government shutdown is the ONLY cause of the economy going to shit.
Trump can call the "economic collapse" a national emergency - he gets the power to spend government money how ever he wants; including paying $100 Billion to Elon (aka DOGE) for consulting fees, to make up for the fortune he's lost.
Trump could use the same "national emergency" argument to shutter every federal government agency that he dislikes.
All aid to Ukraine would seize immediately - Putin would use the opportunity given to him by republicans (not just Trump) to ramp up the destruction of civilian property and the murder of tens of thousands of women and children republicans were all very happy to send back to Ukraine to die.
All aid to any other country would stop - Trump gets what he really wanted, to have the power to reallocate all the money the government has to spend. Court orders, the checks from the judiciary, matter less than nothing to republicans, as we have clearly seen.
Trump and all republicans PRAYED for Schumer and democrats to force a government shutdown. Schumer wasn't stupid enough to fall for their bullshit, be like Schumer.
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vintage-russia · 11 months ago
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"May.1945." (1984)
Vladimir Tautiyev (b.1937)
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satureja13 · 3 months ago
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A happy Lunar New Year 2025 from Outer Space!
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2025 is the year of the Wood Snake 🐍🌳
Quote from CNN:
“Year 2025 will be very different. The Snake — with a strong fire element, along with some metal and earth elements — is a zodiac sign that can cause significant clashes and conflicts. We need to be mindful of accidents as we approach the Snake Year. The overall atmosphere in the world will become slightly more chaotic.”
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"To resolve clashes, followers usually go to a Chinese temple and make offerings to representations of Tai Sui.
While it doesn’t harm anyone to visit such a place to inspire positive thoughts, Chow especially encourages people born in the Year of the Ox, Tiger, Snake, Monkey, Rooster and Pig to get some extra blessings this year."
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While Vlad, Kiyoshi and Saiwa were born in the year of the Goat (2003) and have not much to fear, Jack, Ji Ho and Jeb were born in the year of the Monkey (2004) and have to be cautious! ö.ö
If you want to know what the new Lunar Year brings to you, you can check -> here
If you don't know your Chinese Zodiac Sign, find out -> here (If you are born in January or February, you might be still the sign from the past year, since the Lunar New Year does not start on January, 1st. My son, for example, was born on January, 16th 2003, but he is still a horse and not a goat since Lunar New Year 2003 started on February, 1st. So it's best to use a calculator like the one linked above and not just google the year.)
If you want to learn more about the Lunar New Year and how it's celebrated, check -> this article on CNN
Here is how the Boys celebrated the year of the Dragon 2024.
Is your sign one of those who have to be extra cautious? My sign is pig 🐷 I hope for all of you that this will be a good and healthy year!
🎉
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From the Beginning 🔱 Underwater Love 🔱 Latest
Current Chapter 'Goats in Space': starts ▶️ here Last Chapter: 'Piglets in Space' from the beginning ▶️ here
📚 Previous Chapters: Chapters: 1-6 ~ 7-12 ~ 13-16 ~ 23-29
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This should be obvious to anyone with even a basic understanding of world history. The enabling of the Russian propaganda machine via American media and the dismantling of our educational system were all carefully planned to enable this destruction of our constitution and government. MAGA (Moscow Agents Governing America) is in reality, the work of Putin to weaken the USA and make Russia most powerful country in the world.
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rycusfunnies · 2 months ago
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Since I don't feel like arting much still... besides basic drawings, nothing fancy, oops. Or touching Discord anymore for a good bit. Legit I might work on fleshing out my Vladimir's backstory more. Just dunno where to start at all for really going more into depth.
Oh, "more" - more you hear me say. As I look at the letter count in my notepad for his backstory outline I wrote up for some Pixar Cars RP server I left months ago.
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....... Yeah I could push it a little more from the last time I worked on this which was... back in July of last year? Has it really been that long? Shame what happened to that server tho. I could never have my Vladimir muse interact or have anyone interact with him, despite the praise I got for putting so much effort into my application for him with that very mass of writing for the backstory. For some reason they promoted me to a mod/admin too?? Went all in for racers anyway, not surprising in the slightest. sighs. what am I to do out here for liking cars that can't even race and are just standard run of the mill guys bro.. my little Vladimir with only a 73 cu-in V4...
U know what I said in the first few lines of this post abt like a basic doodle or whatev these days, yeah here u go.
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I really need to do something with this story - genuinely. Might become a passion project again. Well, "passion". Just cannot be bothered to really do anything honestly these days - it's all what ifs and ideas thought up in my head in complete isolation now, and never actually wanting to sit down and write or draw these things out. A miracle I even wanted to draw this lmfao
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my-midlife-crisis · 19 days ago
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MAGA WATCH AND PAY ATTENTION
Let's look at this a different way, shall we?
So, to put this in terms you would understand:
Pete Hegseth removed digital walls that keep Russia out of our private records and plans. Then in less of a month he and a group of others had a digital chat about Yemen. Which with out any cyber defense against Russia... Putin will be able to access the info Hegseth and others went over endangering our soldiers.
Just watch this FOX NEWS video and see that our own republican homeland security didn't know about our cyber wall from Russia being removed and why.
Hegseth should be arrested. Anybody in that chat should be arrested.
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cid5 · 10 months ago
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Leon Trotsky with Red Army soldiers at Liski station, 1918.
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tilbageidanmark · 7 months ago
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Post-Debate Midnight Consolation Visit.
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democratthatlovesguns · 1 month ago
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Trump is Fixing His Mistakes ...
He's reigning in Elon's bought power. He is preparing to sanction Russia/Putin ...
NO HE IS NOT!!! YOU STUPID FUCKING DUMB FUCK CUNTS!!!
I've stated it before, but it needs to be stated again: the reason Trump and his piece of shit fucking children and his billionaire friends and their piece of shit fucking children never obtain licenses or seek any type of credentials, IS SO THEY CAN DO UNETHICAL, AND MANY A TIME, ILLEGAL SHIT WITHOUT EVER BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY OF IT. THEY ARE TAUGHT FROM A YOUNG AGE, THAT YOU ONLY PAY FOR CRIMES IF THE OTHER PARTY CAN PROVE INTENT AND KNOWLEDGE THAT A CRIME WAS BEING COMMITTED.
AS HIS PIECE OF SHIT WORTHLESS CUNT FUCKING SISTER, MARYANNE TRUMP BARRY, SHOWED, THE ONLY REASON A BILLIONAIRE WOULD OBTAIN A LICENSE IS IF THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY NEED IT TO COMMIT FRAUD AND OTHER FINANCIAL CRIMES (I.E. NO ONE ELSE CAN BE FOUND THAT CAN BE PAID OFF TO COMMIT THE CRIME FOR THEM, AT THE RIGHT PRICE).
The reason Elon and his fucking piece of shit minions don't have an official title yet, and can state they don't really "work for" the government is by design ... So they could walk away whenever they want and then say, "WE ONLY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT WAS THE JOB OF THE CABINET MEMBER IN CHARGE OF THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION." Republicans are so fucking stupid, you can explain this to them in the simplest fucking terms and they see it fucking happening in real time and they still "doubt" it's fact. YOU ARE WATCHING THE "ART THE DEAL" PLAY OUT ... WHEN SHIT HITS THE FAN, ACT LIKE YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BAGS OF SHIT CAME FROM.
HOW SPECIFICALLY DID TRUMP THREATEN TO SANCTION PUTIN??? DID HE THREATEN THAT JD VANCE, MARCO RUBIO, AND LIDSEY GRAHAM WERE NOT GOING TO SUCK HIS COCK ANYMORE?
It's another fucking illusion, you dumb republican pieces of shit! Donny the Con had to act tough in public, but then he cut off all aid and satellite imaging support for Ukraine, before the European Union could step in to fill the gap. HE DID THAT TO HELP PUTIN!!!
If you believe his bullshit, it's either because you are that fucking stupid or you are that fucking racist (i.e. "the rich white man can do no harm.")
Republicans are the stupidest most useless pieces of shit modern day America has ever known.
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oceanicmarxist · 11 months ago
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Communist Red Guards in Tiananmen Square in Peking (Beijing), 1967
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