Ukraine at the time it became part of the Commonwealth dod not have such a heritage
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Visitors from abroad commented on the high level of literacy, even among commoners, in the Hetmanate.
There was a higher number of elementary schools per population in the Hetmanate than in either neighboring Muscovy or Poland. In the 1740s, of 1,099 settlements within seven regimental districts, as many as
866 had primary schools.[1] The German vistitor to the Hetmanate, writing in 1720, commented on how the son of Hetman Danylo Apostol, who had never left Ukraine, was fluent in the Latin, Italian, French, German, Polish and Russian languages [2] Under Mazepa,
the Kiev collegium was transformed into an Academyand attracted some of the leading scholars of the Orthodox world [3]. Mazepa established another
Collegium in Chernihiv. Many of those trained in Kiev, such as Feofan Prokopovich (founder of the Russian Academy of Sciences) would later move to Moscow, so that
Ivan Mazepa's patronage not only raised the level of culture in Ukraine but also in Moscow itself.[3] A
musical academy was established in 1737in the Hetmanate's then-capital of Hlukhiv". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cossack_Hetmanate
Ostroh Academy found in 1576- the 1st university in the Eastern Europe. Poland has an older one by 200 years - in Krakiw.
Kievan Rus', although sparsely populated compared to Western Europe [1], was not only the largest contemporary European state in terms of area but also culturally advanced.[8] Literacy in Kiev, Novgorod and other large cities was high.[9][10] As birch bark documents attest, they exchanged love letters and prepared cheat sheets for schools. Novgorod had a sewage system[11] and wood paving not often found in other cities at the time.
The Russkaya Pravda confined punishments to fines and generally did not use capital punishment.[12] Certain inalienable rights were accorded to women, such as property and inheritance rightsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus'
It was a literate, civilized society of the 11th century.
Under Daniil's reign, Galicia-Volhynia was one of the most powerful states in east central Europe.[2]
Literature flourished, producing the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle. Demographic growth was enhanced by immigration from the west and the south, including Germans and Armenians. Commerce developed due to trade routes linking the Black Sea with Poland, Germany and the Baltic basin.
Major cities, which served as important economic and cultural centers, were among others: Lviv(where the royal seat would later be moved by Daniil's son) - this was in 12 century, hundred years before Polish invasion.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia%E2%80%93Volhynia
This is all I demanded, Sokrates. If I ever need a big mouth for something else, I'll let you know. Otherwise, please, present the comparison I asked for. Don't play with words of heritage and culture and saying that you had culture and others don't. Why? Do you like waste your and my time on BS? Let's learn something together.
P.S. Will anyone answer my question here or not?
