>Southern Ukrainian teritory conquered from muslims by combined effort of entire Russian Empire
>Today is only part of Ukraine and the people there mostly indentify as Ukrainians with exception of Crimea
Why is this? Were those lands solely repopulated by Ukrainians after being conquered and if so, why, how did this come to be?
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Inb4 >>>/x/
Muslim rule doesn't necessarily imply the people are Muslim.
Except Serbia. Turkish rapebabies, the lot of 'em.
>>2530298
Ukrainians ARE Russian, we tend to equate the Muscovite sate with "Russia" but the Ukraine (Little Russia) and Belarus (White Russia) are also "Russia".
>>2530341
I sense butthurt
>>2530341
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Tatars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_Khanate
they got pogromed/sent to gulag during the soviet union. hence why turkey should be the rightful owner of Crimea/Qirim
>>2530463
Turkey should be nuked is the only thing Turkey should be.
>>2530497
not an argument
>>2530366
Russia=/=Rus' (Ruthenia)
>>2530298
Friendly reminder Ukrainians were called "Ruthenians" till XVIIIXIX century.
>>2531994
lies