Comments by "Mark Armage" (@markarmage3776) on "Historian explains origin of Russia and Ukraine | Serhii Plokhy and Lex Fridman" video.

  1. A version of history recognized by literally no one. If Kievan Rus is the earliest State, the sovereignty over the entirety of Kievan Rus territory lies with the eventual Tsardom of Russia, hence Russian Empire, at least the "Russian" part of the empire, and of course Russia. The capital of Kievan Rus moved from Novgorod to Kiev, such as the move of the ruling family, the Rurik Dynasty and then after Kievan Rus fell, the ruling family moved again to Moscow and their kingdom remains there till today. Rus does means Russia, or Russia is the most powerful and the most legitimate successor to the Rus name. Deal with it, this is recognized history by over 80% of global population. Lithuanian did not liberate the Rus land, Lithuanian took over and conquered it for a period of time, in case you don't know, the Polish and Lithuania Commonwealth is of course another war waging kingdom that took territories by force. And that part was purchased back by the Russian "Empire", buying back their own rightful territory.
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  2. ​ @glebarhangelsky4351  Sure, buddy. Tell yourseld whatever keeps you asleep at night. But it can't change the fact. The sole successor to Kievan Rus is the Russian Empire, the most powerful branch of the royal family, and actually the only surviving branch that became ruling monarchs. Ouch.
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  3. Good, so you admitted that there's no such thing as Ukraine when they literally never gained any kind of independence and their people was conquered long, long ago. Buddy, you need to learn how to make up a beneficial fake history.
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  4.  @KA-yw7hr  Buddy, we have documents ranging way further than the beginning of that pathetic artificial state. It's Kiev, buddy, deal with it. Your opinion doesn't matter, you can't change history.
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