https://freerepublic.com/tag/southernrussia/ en-us Sat, 24 Aug 2024 20:40:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4260580/posts I believe there are few, if any, nations in the modern world where independence means as much today as it does in Ukraine. Ukraine’s fight for independence took centuries. And when we finally got it after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, its successor, Russia, soon tried to subjugate Ukraine again. I’m Ukrainian but my first words were in Russian. In fact, all of my words were in Russian until I started school. Like many other Ukrainian families, mine used to be Ukrainian-speaking once, but was Russified over recent generations The big bang that changed it all happened in 2014.... The Guardian https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4260580/posts#comment Sat, 24 Aug 2024 20:40:36 GMT