Are Ukrainians Russians?

[Vlatko Vukovic]

According to Primary Chronicles, document which is source for the kievan Rus state, the people of ancient Rus' didn't call themselves Russians, neither Ukrainians but "Kyevskiye". So, Kyevskiye who continued migrate to modern Russia are modern Russians, and those who stayed on the Ukrainian present teritory are modern Ukrainians.

[Stanislav]

According to Primary Chronicles, document which is source for the kievan Rus state, the people of ancient Rus' didn't call themselves Russians, neither Ukrainians but "Kyevskiye". So, Kyevskiye who continued migrate to modern Russia are modern Russians, and those who stayed on the Ukrainian present teritory are modern Ukrainians.

You wrong. According to Primary Chronicles the people of ancient Rus' have different identificity - polyane, drevlyane, slovene from Ilmen Like, merya, chud, ves, crivichi, ulichi, tivertsi, volyiniane, dregovichi, vyatichi, severyane. But, after 2-3 century they all become to be russian.

[Varda]

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[Varda]

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[Polak]

Are the Dutch English? After all, they speak a similar language and have a similar culture? Perhaps we should divide the Netherlands between the UK and Germany since they are a fake country.

That's how uneducated apricitards sound.

[Victor]

3rd

[Sora]

No,they're separate nations despite coming from single roots. They speak different dialects of East Slavic and most probably differ culturally too. Ukrainians & Russians are at the same difference as Turkish & Azerbaijanis.

[Victor]

No,they're separate nations despite coming from single roots. They speak different dialects of East Slavic and most probably differ culturally too. Ukrainians & Russians are at the same difference as Turkish & Azerbaijanis.

But for lots of Ukrainans Russian is the mother tongue, unlike Turkish language for Azeris.