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A male figure symbolizing Russia was normally portrayed as a man wearing a suit, a bearer of modernity and civilization, who led representatives of other nations, dressed in folk costumes (as if they were unfit for the modern world), to the bright communist future. 14/
Putin keeps claiming that Ukraine has never had its own statehood. In stark contrast, authorities of Tsarist Ukraine said and wrote completely different things. They believed that the memory of Ukraine's statehood was very much alive. They only wanted it to die out. A 🧵 1/