Author: Arina KORSHUNOVA

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The Roots of Russophobia: Meet Pan Duchinsky

Undoubtedly, Pole Franciszek Duchinsky is a man whose name is not well known to the general public but whose thoughts have disseminated far and affected international relations, national ideologies, and the development of the phenomena known as Russophobia. It is typical that not only do none of the contemporary heirs […]

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Is Turban Russia’s Invention? Ukrainians Suspect Russians Were Originally Non-Slavic

Among the many pseudohistorical fabrications promoted by ardent Ukrainian nationalists, there is the concept of the so-called “Russian turban”. This idea is used to imply that Russians were originally Muslims, not Christians, and thus to frame them as a foreign, non-Slavic and non-European population. Usually this fabrication is accompanied by […]

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Muscovy And Muscovites

Those familiar with Eastern European discourse might know about “Ruthenians.” With the Ukrainian crisis worsening, debates about who falls under this category have resurfaced. Ukrainian nationalists claim that only Ukrainians and Belarusians can be recognized as Ruthenians (Rusyns), contending that Russians have adopted the name and are labeled as “Muscovites” […]

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Are Bast Shoes An Invention Of The Ukrainians?

Well readers, haven’t we been talking about politics too much? Not again. We’ll all go crazy soon. Let’s at least look at the traditional costumes, study the culture. Russians have traditional footwear made of tree bark. It’s called ‘lapti’ (bast shoes). The shoes were universal and were worn by people […]

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Transnistria

The Transnistria conflict risks breaking out again recently. It’s time to remember how it started. Disintegration processes began when Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the USSR. They caused a surge of national identity in the countries and, as a result, interethnic conflicts broke out one after another. Moldova was […]