...The final outcome was sealed by the Treaty of Perpetual Peace in 1686. The Russian state incorporated the city of Kiev and the lands on the left bank of the Dnieper River, including Poltava region, Chernigov region, and Zaporozhye. Their inhabitants were reunited with the main part of the Russian Orthodox people. These territories were referred to as ”Malorossia“ (Little Russia).But now he has learned differently.
RE: Article by Vladimir Putin ”On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians“
History is BUNK. The issue is not what happened hundreds of years ago, the issue is what people want TODAY.
As an analogy, would it be right for me to FORCE my wife to live with me if she refuses to today and wants to leave even after we’ve been married for years?
And if she decides to leave anyway, is it right for me to threaten her to come back with a gun?