Thread:For love and happiness!/@comment-30901611-20170914114905/@comment-30924651-20170914175605

If that would be so just a century ago Ukrainans would not call themselves Russians just a century ago.

Original name is Rus'. "Ruthenia" was Latin name for it (just like "Polonia" for Poland) and Russia (Rossia) was Greek varint. That "difference" happened when after Mongol conquest western Rus' (modern day westen Ukraine and Belarus) fell to the West and eastern part to the Golden Horde. Greek name bacame more popular because it was, well, cooler and it was established as an official one by Peter the Great. However, that wasn't seen as a problem when the reunification happened and there was no big problems with identity and they seen themselves as one nation. To explain differences were used terms like "Great Russia", "Little Russia" and "White Russia". This practice is pretty normal, and in Finland, France and Poland there are similar concepts. And that was like that before Ukrainan nationalism was born. And if you look at it it have nothing to do with real nationalism, that is nationalism typical to counties with identifical disorder whose main goal is to make themselves belive they are a nation, which is almost impossible for nations that are real.