comvedml@lemmygrad.ml to GenZedong@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years agoWTF is this?lemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down110
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minus-squareBarabas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 years agoIt is from old coinage of Volodymyr the Great and got adopted in 1917 after a historian suggested it (about 1000 years later). A lot about Ukrainian identity and symbols is very post-hoc.
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 years ago Volodymyr the Great “To assert our independence from Russia, we shall adopt the symbol of Vladimir the Great, Prince of Novgorod.”
minus-squareThe Free Penguin@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 years ago Just don’t tell them where Novgorod is
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoSeems like rightful Ukranian clay to me.
It is from old coinage of Volodymyr the Great and got adopted in 1917 after a historian suggested it (about 1000 years later).
A lot about Ukrainian identity and symbols is very post-hoc.
“To assert our independence from Russia, we shall adopt the symbol of Vladimir the Great, Prince of Novgorod.”
Seems like rightful Ukranian clay to me.