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Ukraine's True History: 10 popular misconceptions about Ukrainian history

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Russia has been leading a centuries-long quest to distort Ukrainian history in an attempt to deny Ukrainians the right to choose their own fate. In the first episode of the Kyiv Independent's new series – “Ukraine’s True History“ – we explain and debunk the 10 most common misconceptions about Ukrainian history that Russian propaganda has been spreading for years. Read the story here: This material is funded by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting within the program “Ukraine Forward: Amplifying Analysis.” The program is financed by the MATRA Programme of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ukraine. Producer and scriptwriter: Iryna Matviyishyn Illustration, animation, sound: Hanna Naronina Narrator: Anthony Bartaway Story editors: Oleksiy Sorokin, Olga Rudenko, Toma Istomina Opener: Illustration by Alina Radomska. Motion design by Anastasia Nevmerzhytska. Project coordinator: Anna Yakutenko 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Myth 1: Moscow is the legitimate successor of Kyivan Rus 01:35 - Myth 2: Ukrainians and Russians are one people 02:50 - Myth 3: Crimea is Russian 04:10 - Myth 4: The Holodomor famine was result of bad harvest 05:37 - Myth 5: Communism was a good idea with bad implementation 06:40 - Myth 6: Ukrainians are ‘Nazis’ 07:51 - Myth 7: Russia liberated Europe from the Nazis 08:38 - Myth 8: Ukraine is divided: east vs. west 09:27 - Myth 9: Ukraine is a project of the West 10:21 - Myth 10: Ukraine is culturally poor Support the Kyiv Independent on Patreon – The Kyiv Independent: Twiter – Facebook – Instagram – Photos used in a video: Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Oleksandr Gimanov / AFP via Getty Images Photo by Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images Ukrainian Mission to EU/Twitter President’s Office/Telegram Honchar Museum Holodomor Museum #ukraine #history #historyfacts #historyofukraine #ukrainianhistory #ukrainehistory

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