State vs Scholars:
Narratives About the History of Rus and a 'Shared History' with Ukraine

Who owns the history of Rus? When did the Ukrainian and Russian nations and their languages form? These and many other questions are now at the center of the war for the past in Russian historical discourse. The goal of this war is simple: to use the past for ideological purposes. The head of Rosarchive Andrei Artizov published an article titled "On the question of the historical roots of the modern Ukrainian crisis," which presents a new official history of relations between Russia and Ukraine starting from ancient times. Many of Artizov's arguments contradict established facts. We compared his main theses with the arguments of Professor Igor Danilevsky, who continues to popularize objective knowledge while remaining in Moscow.
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