Published : 2015-12-31

Russia: from “Brother” to Conqueror (Aggression in Retrospection)

Valentine Severyniuk



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In this article the author discusses some preconditions of present military conflict between Russia and Ukraine getting to the conclusion that this situation has been caused by historical precedents of political, moral and psychological aggression of the Russian government. The author analyses the place of the official Russian ideology «Moscow is the third Rome» in relation to Ukraine, as well as concepts like «Russian lands gathering», «single Russian world». What is also being mentioned is the disrespect of historical, cultural and mental differences between «Great Russian» and «Little Russian» and artificial assimilation of the Ukrainian people in 16th-19th centuries.

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Ukraine, Russia, people, brotherhood, empire, aggression



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Severyniuk, V. (2015). Russia: from “Brother” to Conqueror (Aggression in Retrospection). Facta Simonidis, 8(1), 9–25. https://doi.org/10.56583/fs.186

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