Vlad1234
20 Apr 2022
History / History of Polish-Russian relations [186]
What about Eastern Ukrainians? Or Ukrainians in general?
It depends on how you define "ethnicity". It is not exactly scientific, but rather a domestic concept. I was born in Ukraine and my native language is Russian (as with majority of those who was born in Ukraine), but I can understand and read in Ukrainian since childhood. There are no completely pure ethnicities. Many Ukrainians have plenty of Polish, Tatar and many other admixtures. Those nations they contacted, or who live in Ukraine. Around 50% of Ukrainians have R1a haplogroup which is the most common among Northern Slavic people, which still make valid the assumptions we are still predominantly Slavic nation. I don't know how you could draw a sharp line between Russian , Belarussians and Ukrainian ethnicities, for example. This is just an approximate constructs...
As for "possible reconsiliation"... Now? With a psycho Nazi-like Putinist Russia??
What about Eastern Ukrainians? Or Ukrainians in general?
Vlad1234, so what is your ethnicity?
It depends on how you define "ethnicity". It is not exactly scientific, but rather a domestic concept. I was born in Ukraine and my native language is Russian (as with majority of those who was born in Ukraine), but I can understand and read in Ukrainian since childhood. There are no completely pure ethnicities. Many Ukrainians have plenty of Polish, Tatar and many other admixtures. Those nations they contacted, or who live in Ukraine. Around 50% of Ukrainians have R1a haplogroup which is the most common among Northern Slavic people, which still make valid the assumptions we are still predominantly Slavic nation. I don't know how you could draw a sharp line between Russian , Belarussians and Ukrainian ethnicities, for example. This is just an approximate constructs...