comvedml@lemmygrad.ml to GenZedong@lemmygrad.ml · 1 year agoWTF is this?lemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
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minus-squareBarabas [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt is from old coinage of Volodymyr the Great and got adopted in 1917 after a historian suggested it (about 1000 years later). A lot about Ukrainian identity and symbols is very post-hoc.
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago Volodymyr the Great “To assert our independence from Russia, we shall adopt the symbol of Vladimir the Great, Prince of Novgorod.”
minus-squareThe Free Penguin@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year ago Just don’t tell them where Novgorod is
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSeems like rightful Ukranian clay to me.
It is from old coinage of Volodymyr the Great and got adopted in 1917 after a historian suggested it (about 1000 years later).
A lot about Ukrainian identity and symbols is very post-hoc.
“To assert our independence from Russia, we shall adopt the symbol of Vladimir the Great, Prince of Novgorod.”
Seems like rightful Ukranian clay to me.