Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 19:30:13 -0500 From: ARON KAY <pieman-AT-pieman.org> Subject: Re: Ukraine Hystery./ POWs and the SS stalin was from georgia not the ukraine Jerald Hellemeyer wrote: > I took Russian my freshman year in college. Our instructor was Ukrainian. > She was of the opinion that Russians and Ukrainians were essentially the > same people but with "cosmetic" differences in their language and culture > much like northerners and southerners in the U$. > > As she explained it, early in their history, the Russian people were divided > into many principalities. Moscow and Kiev (to name only 2 principalities) > were in a struggle for dominance. Moscow won and Kiev never forgot it. It > is not much different than the after effects of the U$ civil war. Many in > the american south still believe the south to be an ethnically and > culturally distinct region subjugated by an imperialist north. The > Ukrainians, however, have been holding on to their grudge for many more > centuries making the feelings more intense. > > Also, I doubt that Stalin (a Ukrainian himself) would have risen to power in > Russia proper if the Ukraine were truly a foreign culture. Russians tend to > be suspicious of "foreigners." > > Jerald > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- ARON KAY Visit me at http://www.pieman.org Visit http://www.acidtrip.com IGNORANCE IS THE OPIATE OF THE MASSES
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