Russia Is a Country

Just a reminder “RUSSIA” TS A 404 COUNTRY. MUSCOVY STOLE THE NAME “RUS” IN 1721. 1. The (Kievan) Rus was the first East Slavic state, predating Muscovy by centuries. It originated in Kyiv populated by Rus. 2. Moscow (meaning “dirty water” in Moskovi) was a swamp before rising to power as vassal tax collectors (baskaks) for the Mongol Golden Horde, opposing the Rus. 3. Tsar Peter I rebranded the Muscovites as "Russians" and mockingly labeled the original Rus-Ruthenians — today's Ukrainians — as "Malorossy" (Little Russians) and made up an artificial "Russian" language, imposed in empire. 4. Kyiv was liberated from the Horde in 1362 by Lithuanians and Ruthenians (Ukrainians) at the Battle of Blue Waters while Moscow remained under the Horde for another 100 years. 5. Ukrainians (Ruthenians) is the true successor of Kievan Rus by ethnicity, language, and culture. 6. Muscovro, "Russian Federation" is the successor of the tax collectors for the Mongol-Tatar Horde, and behaves as such.

The image is a screenshot of a social-media post sharing a yellow infographic with the provocative claim that Muscovy stole the name “Rus” in 1721. It presents a strongly Ukrainian nationalist historical interpretation contrasting Kyiv and Rus with Moscow, and is meant as a political reaction or argument about Russian and Ukrainian identity and history.

• @sbunem / 101459 2025-04-23