One View of Ukrainians from a Historic Perspective

 One View of Ukraine Origins

    

Cossack

                  Cossacks not only acted like free men, but had also understood democracy long before many of us. Their descendants have been active in self governing communities. They have been an open and inclusive and seem to have  included a strong slav nature. That ancient spirit seems to still have a presences today.

                The Ukrainian Cossack state was formed in about 1650 in what is now Central Ukraine. Their leaders were elected in what can be called a republican or even democratic way.

                They have never been very many, there are now more of them than ever,  but they are still few compared to the great states. They have more freedom than have many and have shown a strong will to self governance among strong neighbors such as Poland, Russia, and Lithuania. Over the centuries they have proven to be brave enough.

                Against some odds they formed the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1917 1921, the Western Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918 to 1919, the Ukrainian peoples' Republic in exile from 1920 to 1992.

Soviet Union and the U. N.:

                In the meantime they were among the very first members of the Soviet Union with its promise of self governing citizens.
                

                They are charter members of the United Nations with its potential for peace and freedom.

Ukraine:

                Ukrainians are still not a great many and are dying for their freedom now. Like many of us they are a mixture of many people, nationalities, and even religious beliefs.They are a self selected people striving to be free and democratic in this world on this earth. Still a brave, some say stubborn, people of such variety can be difficult.

                Before about 650 AD they were little know to history or men beyond their close neighbors. Throughout their history they have stayed a freer, more democratic, and inclusive people than have many others, possibly most others. They have had to defend themselves and they have done so. They have kept the hope and faith that they could live a free people among other free people. They have also seen inclusiness, feerdon, and democracy disappear like smoke.

                Cossacks can be problematic persisters and their blood still flows.

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Cossack, Ukrainian, and Free

                 Cossacks have been free men and democratic. They have only been known to history since about 650 AD. They have been active in self-governing communities for well over a thousand years. They have been open, inclusive, with a Slavic bent. They knew a world from Siberia to Lithuania and up and down for many years, but were drawn to a certain land.

                The Ukrainian Cossack State was formed in about 1650 in what is now central Ukraine. Their leaders were elected. Through the years they have been few. Democracy is not easy. They experienced much, and stayed free among strong neighbors such as Poland, Russia, and Lithuania. Among such neighbors they continued to show a strong will for self-governance.

                They formed the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1917 to 1921, the western Ukrainian Peoples Republic 1918 to 1919, and the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile  from 1920 to 1992.

                They were among the very first members of the Soviet Union with its promise of self-governing citizens. They may have been the first to leave that Union when it showed little will to self-governing citizenship.

                They were among the charter members of the United Nations with its promise of a chance for peace and freedom. They have not given up on their fellow members yet. 

                Ah, yes, I believe that at the breakup of the Soviet Union they were left with one of the greatest stock of atomic weapons on Earth and gave up that stock to the U.N.

                They have been few and still are. They are still a mixture of races, nationalities, and religions. They are a free democratic people self selected from that mixture.

                We might mention that while all this was going on they, with the help of a few viking Norsemen, created Russia. Oh, and they had a modern republic type written constitution in 1710.

                I believe that a history of the cultures most effecting these people could be traced back another 4,000 years. However, before about 650 AD they were little recognized in history as a discrete people. Throughout perhaps a thousand years of their history they stayed freer, more democratic, and inclusive than most. They have had to defend themselves and they have. They have also kept the hope and faith that they could live a free people among free people. They have  seen inclusiveness, freedom, and democracy disappear like smoke again and again. Still they hold a vision of that freedom and self governance closer and dearer than do most.

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                Ukraine. Ukraine. Ukraine.

                There is much more to know about the Ukraine.

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