{"id":2290,"date":"2023-04-25T17:50:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T21:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2025-08-12T09:42:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:42:50","slug":"ukraines-true-history-part-1-10-popular-misconceptions-about-ukrainian-history-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/25\/ukraines-true-history-part-1-10-popular-misconceptions-about-ukrainian-history-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#8217;s True History: Part 1 \u2013 &#8217;10 popular misconceptions about Ukrainian history, debunked&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2293 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ukraines-HistoryPt-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"776\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ukraines-HistoryPt-1.jpg 776w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ukraines-HistoryPt-1-500x267.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ukraines-HistoryPt-1-768x411.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Karmi&#8217;s <\/i><i><b>NOTE<\/b><\/i>: <i>Series is from \u2013<\/i><i> <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><b>The Kyiv Independent<\/b><\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><i> I have started following their <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraines-true-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><b>UKRAINE&#8217;S TRUE HISTORY<\/b><\/i><\/a><i> &#8216;n wanted to share it wid many Westerners who don&#8217;t get a lot of facts from their news sources<\/i>. <i>I&#8217;ll do a &#8216;Brief&#8217; in &#8216;Snips&#8217; of each episode, so be sure to follow the links to the entire episode<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/10-popular-misconceptions-about-ukrainian-history-debunked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>10 popular misconceptions about Ukrainian history, debunked<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From the birth of Kyivan Rus, the first East Slavic state, to the onset of armed conflicts in the ensuing centuries, untangling Ukraine&#8217;s past is never easy.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine \u2013 through its long and turbulent history \u2013 gained independence in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s long history before and after independence has seen Ukrainians enduring wars, revolutions, occupations, and a fraught relationship with its neighbor, Russia<\/p>\n<p>Understanding Ukraine&#8217;s origins becomes even more complex as Russia has been on a centuries-long quest to distort Ukrainian history in an attempt to justify its brutal invasions.<\/p>\n<p>While most of the Kremlin&#8217;s disinformation campaign is dismissed by Ukraine, the West, and many around the world, the wide net that Russia\u2019s false narratives have cast globally have allowed historical misconceptions to arise.<\/p>\n<p>The Kyiv Independent has put together 10 common historical misconceptions about Ukraine that can still be commonly heard today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Myth 1: Crimea has &#8216;always been Russian&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myth 2: Ukrainians, Russians are &#8216;brotherly people&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myth 3: Ukrainian culture is undeveloped<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myth 4: Holodomor was caused by poor harvests<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myth 5: Russians liberated Europe from Nazis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myth 6: Ukrainian nationalists are &#8216;Nazis&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myth 7: Moscow is the rightful successor of Kyivan Rus<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myth 8: Ukraine is a divided country: Nationalistic west vs. pro-Russian east<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myth 9: Communism is good<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myth 10: Ukraine is a puppet state controlled by the West<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe title=\"10 popular misconceptions about Ukrainian history\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6p4CWUtAxls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Karmi&#8217;s <\/i><i><b>NOTE<\/b><\/i>: <i>Russia has been Imperialistic for centuries<\/i><i>. <\/i><i>Russia had been using \u201c<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/15\/colonel-general-ivashov-rus-retd-warned-putin-on-the-eve-of-war\/?preview_id=1472&amp;preview_nonce=9a588236a6&amp;post_format=standard&amp;_thumbnail_id=-1&amp;preview=true\"><i><b>External expansion<\/b><\/i><\/a><i>\u201d methods long before Hitler came up wid \u2013 LEBENSRAUM<\/i>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;<i>Russia will expand its territory by gathering lands and spaces, since constant expansion is not just one of the ideas, but <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/nvo-ng-ru.translate.goog\/realty\/2021-12-16\/3_1170_dreams.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><b>the true existential of our historical existence<\/b><\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i>&#8216;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karmi&#8217;s NOTE: Series is from \u2013 The Kyiv Independent. I have started following their UKRAINE&#8217;S TRUE HISTORY &#8216;n wanted to share it wid many Westerners who don&#8217;t get a lot of facts from their news sources. I&#8217;ll do a &#8216;Brief&#8217; in &#8216;Snips&#8217; of each episode, so be sure to follow the links to the entire &#8230; <a title=\"Ukraine&#8217;s True History: Part 1 \u2013 &#8217;10 popular misconceptions about Ukrainian history, debunked&#8217;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/25\/ukraines-true-history-part-1-10-popular-misconceptions-about-ukrainian-history-debunked\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ukraine&#8217;s True History: Part 1 \u2013 &#8217;10 popular misconceptions about Ukrainian history, debunked&#8217;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,117,101,91,47,54,93,129,69,73,109],"tags":[130,70,75,48],"class_list":["post-2290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genocide","category-instagram","category-open-source","category-putin","category-russias-invasion","category-slavery","category-telegram","category-the-kyiv-independent","category-totalitarianism","category-ukraine","category-zelensky","tag-imperialism","tag-totalitarianism","tag-war","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2303,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions\/2303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}