Serhii Plokhy

So at least this is my reading, this is my understanding of what is there, what is on the paper and what is between the lines.

So at least this is my reading, this is my understanding of what is there, what is on the paper and what is between the lines.

That's how I read it.

That's how I read it.

That's how I read it.

We can look at that from different perspectives. And we are now making major breakthroughs in answering this question with the very interesting innovative linguistic analysis, the study of DNA. So that's really the new frontier. We are getting into... pre-historical period where there was no historical sources.

We can look at that from different perspectives. And we are now making major breakthroughs in answering this question with the very interesting innovative linguistic analysis, the study of DNA. So that's really the new frontier. We are getting into... pre-historical period where there was no historical sources.

We can look at that from different perspectives. And we are now making major breakthroughs in answering this question with the very interesting innovative linguistic analysis, the study of DNA. So that's really the new frontier. We are getting into... pre-historical period where there was no historical sources.

From what we can understand today, and that can, of course, change tomorrow with all these breakthroughs in sciences, is that the Slavs came into existence somewhere in the area of Pripyat marshes, northwestern part of Ukraine. southwestern part of Belarus, eastern part of Poland, and that is considered to be a historical homeland of Slavs, and then they spread.

From what we can understand today, and that can, of course, change tomorrow with all these breakthroughs in sciences, is that the Slavs came into existence somewhere in the area of Pripyat marshes, northwestern part of Ukraine. southwestern part of Belarus, eastern part of Poland, and that is considered to be a historical homeland of Slavs, and then they spread.

From what we can understand today, and that can, of course, change tomorrow with all these breakthroughs in sciences, is that the Slavs came into existence somewhere in the area of Pripyat marshes, northwestern part of Ukraine. southwestern part of Belarus, eastern part of Poland, and that is considered to be a historical homeland of Slavs, and then they spread.

And they spread all the way to the Adriatic, so we have Croats, we have Russians spreading all the way to the Pacific, we have Ukrainians, we have Belarusians, Poles, Once we had Czechoslovaks, now we have Czechs and Slovaks. So that's the story of starting with the 8th and 9th century.

And they spread all the way to the Adriatic, so we have Croats, we have Russians spreading all the way to the Pacific, we have Ukrainians, we have Belarusians, Poles, Once we had Czechoslovaks, now we have Czechs and Slovaks. So that's the story of starting with the 8th and 9th century.

And they spread all the way to the Adriatic, so we have Croats, we have Russians spreading all the way to the Pacific, we have Ukrainians, we have Belarusians, Poles, Once we had Czechoslovaks, now we have Czechs and Slovaks. So that's the story of starting with the 8th and 9th century.

Even a little bit earlier, we can already follow that story with the help of the written sources, mostly from Byzantine, then later from Western Europe. But what I was trying to do, not being a scientist, not being an expert in linguistics, an expert in DNA analysis, I was trying to see what was happening in the minds of those people and the elites in particular.

Even a little bit earlier, we can already follow that story with the help of the written sources, mostly from Byzantine, then later from Western Europe. But what I was trying to do, not being a scientist, not being an expert in linguistics, an expert in DNA analysis, I was trying to see what was happening in the minds of those people and the elites in particular.

Even a little bit earlier, we can already follow that story with the help of the written sources, mostly from Byzantine, then later from Western Europe. But what I was trying to do, not being a scientist, not being an expert in linguistics, an expert in DNA analysis, I was trying to see what was happening in the minds of those people and the elites in particular.

whom we call today not Slavs, but Eastern Slavs, which means Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians, how they imagined themselves, how they imagined their world, and eventually I look at the so-called nation-building projects. So trying to answer the question of how we arrived

whom we call today not Slavs, but Eastern Slavs, which means Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians, how they imagined themselves, how they imagined their world, and eventually I look at the so-called nation-building projects. So trying to answer the question of how we arrived

whom we call today not Slavs, but Eastern Slavs, which means Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians, how they imagined themselves, how they imagined their world, and eventually I look at the so-called nation-building projects. So trying to answer the question of how we arrived