Why is it the Ukraine and not just Ukraine?
Because every language has its rules. Even English, otherwise an exceptionally simple and uncomplicated language grammar-wise, but one possessing an exquisitely rich vocabulary, has rules. Those rules are not arbitrary but are rooted in custom, culture, history, the very logic of the language, and common sense. An ukraine merely means a frontier in Russian. That’s […]
Putin’s speech and the reunification of Russian lands with Russia
First, the good news. We are all happy that the reunification of the Russian lands with Russia has taken place. I hope that gradually the whole of Russia, the entire nation within its natural borders of 1913, plus the territory that it was supposed to receive after the World War, will be restored, and that […]