Crediting Russia as the sole successor of the medieval Kyivan Rus and laying claims to all of the lands it controlled, erasing histories of Ukrainian cities such as Kharkiv and Odesa and justifying attacks on them while also labeling Ukrainian artists and scientists as being actually Russian, is part of Moscow's ongoing quest to erase Ukraine, its history and culture.
The fifth episode of "Ukraine's True History" explains how Russia stole Ukrainian history and uses it to justify its all-out war.
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This material is funded by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting within the program “Ukraine Forward: Amplifying Analysis.”
The program is financed by the MATRA Programme of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ukraine.
Producer: Natalia Chekotun
Scriptwriters: Oleg Sukhov, Natalia Chekotun
Story editors: Oleksiy Sorokin, Toma Istomina
Illustration: Alina Radomska
Animation, sound: Anastasia Nevmerzhytska
Narrator: Anthony Bartaway
Project coordinator: Anna Yakutenko
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Where was Kyivan Rus located?
00:56 - Russia and Kyivan Rus
01:17 - The word "Rus"
01:25 - The word "Rus" and Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
01:44 - The word "Rus" and Moscow Tsardom
02:17 - Is Ukraine or Russia the main successor of Kyivan Rus?
02:37 - Little Russia, Great Russia and White Russia
02:57 - The term "Little Rus"
03:06 - Why does Moscow call Ukraine "Little Russia"?
03:17 - The name "Ukraine"
03:33 - What is "New Russia"?
04:27 - Is Odesa "historically Russian"?
04:37 - Monument to Russian Empress Catherine II in Odesa
04:57 - Greek settlements in Odesa
05:10 - The town of Hadhibey
05:39 - Is Kharkiv "historically Russian"?
05:55 - Kharkiv and Sloboda Cossacks
06:08 - Is "Crimea" historically Russian?
06:20 - Greeks and Crimean Tatars
06:52 - Russia appropriates Ukrainian scientists and artists
07:02 - Writer Mykola Gogol
07:45 - Scientist Serhiy Korolov
08:34 - Aviation engineer Ihor Sikorsky
09:16 - Russia appropriating Ukrainian history
09:26 - Ukraine reclaims its history
09:42 - Kuindzhi, Repin and Malevych recognized as Ukrainian artists
Photos and videos used in the story:
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Ivan Honchar Museum
YouTube/Odesa City Council
facebook/Kharkiv City Council
facebook/Serhiy Hutsaliuk
Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS
Kremlin.ru
telegram/Margarita Simonyan
YouTube/Vladimir Rodin
YouTube/Anatoliy Myrhorod
YouTube/Andrey Kochurov
YouTube/Zhytomyr
YouTube/Dark Skies
YouTube/Oleg Prylutskyi
Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
blogpost.com
Kyiv International Airport
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
facebook/Sergíy Kyslytsya
facebook/Oksana Semenik
Dean Conger/Corbis via Getty Images
AFP via Getty Images
YouTube/Ukraine & Volyn history
British Film Institute
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