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World War II - a tragic story for Poland and the World [489]
So you are saying that Ukrainian language wasn't there in 1809?
It was there but it was only forming, there was no significant academic works in it, the Eneid you quote is the first such work and the revolutionary one, Poles for example wrote books in Polish for more than half a millenium by then.
Kyjiv, haha, have you ever been to the capital of Ukraine?
Yes, lets compare Kiev and Warsaw:
Kiev skyline.
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Warsaw skyline.
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So yeah Kiev is a poor dump whether you like it or not.
It is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. I am from L'viv and I love my city, but Kyjiv is beyond that.
We developed Lwów, our Polish architecture is the only saving grace of the city, the cities you controlled longer changed into dumps.
"Kiev was founded in the 5th century by East Slavs
And look where its today? An underdeveloped fugly city bearing scars of communism.
Visit it Kijiv some day
I did, for a capital its nothing special. It only shows how much better off you were ruled by Poland :)))