Travelbook. Independent | Ірина Тараненко, Юлія Курова, Марія Воробйова, Марта Лешак

When was Ukraine born? Some would say in 1991, when Ukraine declared independence, and some discovered it in 2014, during the Revolution of Dignity, but in 2022, no one in the world has not heard of Ukraine's resistance. But our country's history began much earlier - more than a thousand years ago. In the 9 century, the Kyivan state was one of the most powerful countries in Eastern Europe. Kings from France to Sweden wanted to be related to their princes and kings. Rus-Ukraine rulers had already founded Kyiv, became Christian, and built St.Sophia's Cathedral, while Moscow was still coming out of the swamp. And no matter how hard you look, the first mention of Moscow is dated only in 1172, while Kyiv was founded in 482. Nevertheless, the Russian Empire wanted some glory of its own, so it tried to 'steal the great Kyivan state. Peter the Great, Catherine II, Stalin, have invented thousands of myths about Kyivan Rus as the first Russian state, and started to see Russians to be the heirs of Rus' culture.