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From now on instead of answering stupid questions like "What did russian language did to you, it's only a language" I will share this poem.
"Ravenous Russia (A Bestiary)" by Yuriy Tarnawsky
Full: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/44584
i don't know how to say this but if you see something get called russian culture maybe double check. many people online have no fucking clue how many things they claim as theirs that are simply not. this cultural erasing is a tool of genocide, because when you have no culture, you have no language, you have no nation. please fucking use your brain. i bet you a million dollars you've seen borshch (also spelled borscht) as a russian dish but it is literally one of our national dishes. look up the ems ukaz. the erasure of our culture isn't new so think for a second. did you know dostoyevskyy was ethnically ukrainian? what about gogol? what about ryepin? aivazovskyy was ukrainian with armenian roots. and yet they are all pillars of "russian art". do you get it yet? they ruined our lands, made the best education all russian, gave you rights and respect if you lived as a russian and they succeeded in it. these people are russian to history now, our culture is being erased and only we care
Мої знайомі стали вулицями, Імена на пам'ять залишені.
Мої знайомі стали петиціями, Підписи поставлено стишено.
Мої знайомі стали стрічками, Синьо-жовті стяги опущені.
Мої знайомі стали книгами, В кінці читачі засмучені.
Мої знайомі стали зорями, Далекими й трохи млявими.
Мої знайомі стали спогадом, Живими, але вже примарами.
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Here are two poems by Maksym Kryvtsov, a Ukrainian poet, who was killed defending Ukraine back in January. One of the poems is dedicated to a ginger cat that followed him around faithfully and later died with him. Please read his words, don't let them die too.