My original video on the 'Big Russian Lie' was simply not big enough. Ukraine is a fascinating nation with an ancient history and it deserves to be learnt.

Part II coming as soon as I finish writing it.

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References:
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Dolukhanov, Pavel. The early Slavs: Eastern Europe from the initial settlement to the Kievan Rus. Routledge, 2014.

Garipzanov, Ildar Hajdarovič, and Oleksìj Toločko, eds. Early Christianity on the Way from the Varangians to the Greeks. Instytut istoriï Ukraïny NAN Ukraïny, 2011.

Kazanski, Michel. "Archaeology of the Slavic Migrations." Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online (2020).

Konduktorova, T. S. "The ancient population of the Ukraine." Anthropologie (1962-) 21, no. 3 (1983).

Plokhy, Serhii. The gates of Europe: A history of Ukraine. Basic Books, 2015.

Pritsak, Omeljan. "At the Dawn of Christianity in Rus': East Meets West." Harvard Ukrainian Studies 12 (1988): 87-113.

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(This is a stupid source but it is important to read the rambling of Putin).

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Subtelny, Orest. Ukraine: A history. University of Toronto Press, 2009.

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