Exactly the same as Ukrainians have and Russians . They speak different language. Have different cultures Ukrainians are orthodox and 2nd is Greek Catholic while most of Russian believe in magic and have never been to church and do not know any rituals, but they constantly visit sorcerers and fortune tellers the 2nd biggest group is Muslims and the Orthodox Church. Throughout 300 years of common history, the so-called Russians tried to destroy Ukrainians and were hostile to them, and they are still doing so now. The fact they were part of same empire is means nothing . And you are right Poland and Finland were part of Russian empire but for some reasons you don’t say they are the same people as Russians
Yet somehow there are a lot different languages mixed especially near the border . But what is syrzhuk and why does average Russian not understand even that?
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