Why does Ukraine hate Russia so much? In this war against Ukraine, there are always many people wondering why Ukrainians hate Russians so much. In fact, most of the friends who have read my previous articles know that Russia and Ukraine and Belarus are derived from the East Slavs who were unified by the Vikings. It is said that it is the same root, so why do Ukrainians hate The Russians so much.
First of all, the faith is different, Ukrainians are mainly Catholic, and Russians are mainly Orthodox.
Secondly, culturally different, when the Russians were ruled by the Tatars, the Ukrainians were under the rule of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland, and they usually thought that they themselves were not enslaved by foreign peoples, and that they were the real Rus' themselves. And in the blood of the Russians, there is the ambition of the Tatars.
Third, when the Tsarist Russia was in place, Ukraine defected to Tsarist Russia in order to seek independence, and as a result, it was culturally reconstructed by Tsarist Russia with a colonization policy, and was asked to abandon language, culture, values, including social models, etc., which stimulated the national hatred of Ukrainians, which is why Russian is more prevalent in eastern Ukraine now.
Fourth, whether it is during the Tsarist period or after the founding of the Soviet Union, the Russians are dominant, and the Ukrainians are seeking independence and are suppressed
During the Stalin period, in order to establish collective farms, the grain of the Ukrainian population was forcibly expropriated, resulting in a great famine that starved more than 7 million people. This disaster has left Ukrainians with memories that will never be erased.
This is the historical source of hatred between Ukrainians and Russians, what do you think?
