I am a fan of your youtube and Prof Gerdes channels, technically Ukraine is Rus, "Moscovia" is not. 😝 What is now called Russia was primarily known as "Moscovia" or "Muscovy" in many European sources until the 18th century.
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Peter the Great's formal change of the name to "Russian Empire" in 1721 is seen by some as a deliberate move to establish a connection to Kievan Rus' and its ancient capital, Kyiv, which had been conquered by Moscow.
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I say make Moscovia small again, and let Ukraine decide if they want to maintain the Rus legacy. 😜 upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co... I would be fine with these borders.
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