Russia and Ukraine have been a family for 3,000 years. If they are in the same room and are at war with each other, why bother?

There are four main ethnic groups in Europe, namely the Latin nation, the Germanic nation, the Celtic nation and the Slavic nation. The latter three ethnic groups were once the three major barbarian tribes in the hearts of Latin people.

The Latins established the ancient Roman Empire, which is now mainly distributed in southern Europe, such as Italy, Spain and Portugal. Later, Western Rome was destroyed by the Germanic peoples, and Eastern Rome was destroyed by the Ottoman Turks. However, the Latin people rose again during the Age of Discovery, and a large number of Latin people migrated to the Americas. For example, the citizens of Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and other countries today are mainly Latino. Relatively speaking, Latin people are relatively lazy.

The Germanic people originated in Northern Europe and gradually migrated to Central Europe. In the 4th century AD, various Germanic tribes were squeezed by the Huns and poured into the Roman Empire. They eventually destroyed Western Rome and established multiple feudal kingdoms. Among them, the most powerful Frankish kingdom was divided into three, forming the prototype of today's three kingdoms of Germany, France and Italy. In the 5th century AD, a Germanic group of Anglo-Saxons invaded the British Isles and formed the majority of the English people today. After the Age of Discovery, the English colonized North America and Oceania on a large scale, forming Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. The Germans are a relatively hard-working people.

The Celts are one of the oldest ethnic groups in Europe. They were once widely distributed on the European continent from Portugal to the Black Sea. Later, with the rise of the Roman Empire, most Celts were gradually assimilated by Rome, and many Celts lived in Ireland and Scotland. Later, the Western Roman Empire was destroyed by the Germans, and the "Germanic Conquest" began. The Celts were forced to migrate deep into the mountains of France and the British Isles, striving to remain independent of the world. Today, the Irish, Scots, Welsh, The Cornish people in England and the Bretons in France were both Celts. The Celts are a relatively Buddhist nation.

Slavs are mainly distributed in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe. They are mainly divided into three branches based on geographical and cultural differences. Such as the East Slavs, who later became Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus; the West Slavs, who later became Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia; and the South Slavs, who later became Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Macedonia. The first to rise were the Poles in West Slavia. They were closest to the Germans. They absorbed the advanced culture of the Germans, established the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, ruled the entire Eastern European grasslands, and brutally oppressed the East Slavs. Later, when Russia, the main country of the East Slavs, rose up, it retaliated and devoted itself to destroying Poland. The Yugoslavs are more Hellenistic and are mainly distributed in the Balkan Peninsula. There are constant internal disputes, making the Balkans a famous powder keg in the world. Relatively speaking, Slavs are the least united nation.

For example, the recent Russo-Ukrainian war was a melee between the three East Slavic brothers—Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

The Slavs can be traced back to around the 1st century in literature. The ancient Slavs were also called Venedes. The Vistula River Valley in Poland today is considered the hometown of the Slavs. In the 1st and 2nd centuries, the Slavs were distributed in a vast area starting from the Oder River in the west, the Dnieper River in the east, the Carpathian Mountains in the south, and the Baltic Sea in the north, which was what the Russians later called the Near East.

In the 6th and 7th centuries, due to their widespread distribution, the Slavs spread across the vast Eastern Europe, and eventually the nation was "split" into three major branches: east, west, and south.

After the Slavs split, they established many countries in the following hundreds of years.

The countries established by the West Slavs include: Great Moravia in 818 (when it was strong, it owned Moravia, Bohemia, Silesia, western Slovakia and southern Poland), 870 Bohemia (the main territory is today's Czech Republic), Poland in 1025 (later Poland was destroyed and restored many times), and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1569 (the main ethnic groups are Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians) ).

The countries established by Yugoslavia are: Bulgaria in 681 (in 1018, the first Bulgarian Kingdom was destroyed by the Eastern Roman Empire, in 1397, the Second Bulgarian Kingdom was destroyed by the Ottoman Empire), and in 1190 Serbia (ruled from the Eastern Roman Empire) independent).

The countries established by the East Slavs include: Kievan Rus in 882 (roughly equivalent to parts of Eastern Europe, Ukraine, and Belarus today), and Polotsk (later Belarus) in 987.

It can be seen that today's Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were all born out of one country, namely Kievan Rus.

The capital of Kievan Rus is in Kiev. The founder of the dynasty is Rurik, so this dynasty is also called the Rurik dynasty.

Interestingly, Rurik was not a Slav, but a Viking from the northern branch of the Germanic nation who worked as a bandit and a merchant.

Vikings, also known as Norse and Rus.

A group of Rus' people from Northern Europe came to rob East Slavic territory, but were driven away by East Slavic forces.

After that, the various tribes of the East Slavs started fighting again, and they were exhausted from fighting each other. They discussed going to Northern Europe to invite back the group of robbing Rus to restore order and peace.

So Rurik the Russian began the Rurik dynasty's seven-hundred-year rule over Russia. The blood of the Russians was also integrated with the East Slavs.

In the middle of the 11th century, Kievan Rus was caught in feudal melee and split into eighteen principalities.

In 1240, Kievan Rus officially declared its demise and was conquered by the Mongolian Empire. It became a vassal of the Kipchak Khanate (also known as the Golden Horde) established by Batu, the eldest son of Genghis Khan.

In 1480, Ahema, the Great Khan of the Golden Horde, failed to attack the Principality of Moscow and died. This ended the 240-year rule of the Mongols over the principalities of ancient Russia.

During the period when the principalities of ancient Russia were ruled by the Golden Horde, they were also invaded and ruled by some ancient European countries, and gradually split into three branches: Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians.

For example, the Slavs living in the middle reaches of the Dnieper River in the southwest, centered on Kiev, Poltava and Chernigov, have been under the rule of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland since the 14th century. A group of ancient Russians formed the modern Ukrainian nation from the 17th to the 19th centuries.

Another example is the Polotsk Principality in the northwest, which originally belonged to Kievan Rus. After the Mongolian invasion, it belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the mid-13th century to the end of the 18th century. This group of ancient Russians Today's Belarusian nation was formed.

The ancient Russians in the northeast formed today's Russian nation.

Russia is the most powerful of these three fraternal nations.

Russia's predecessor was the Principality of Muscovy in Kievan Rus. It was established very late. It was not until 1283 that the Principality of Muscovy was officially established.

However, the princes of the Principality of Moscow are all descendants of the Rurik dynasty.

At the beginning of the 14th century, Grand Duke Ivan I of the Principality of Muscovy accepted the canonization of the Great Khan of the Golden Horde and became the "Grand Duke Vladimir". He obtained the power to conquer tribute from all Russia on his behalf. After that, he successively merged the surrounding princes. The territory became the strongest principality in Russia by the 1940s.

In 1478, Ivan III stopped paying tribute to the Golden Horde. In 1480, the Golden Horde Khan Ahma led his troops to attack Muscovy and failed. Soon, Ahema was killed in civil strife, thus ending the 240-year rule of the Mongols over ancient Rus.

In 1547, Ivan IV changed the title of Grand Duke to Tsar and built the Kremlin. The Grand Duchy of Moscow led other principalities to get rid of the rule of the Mongolian Tatars and made Russia an independent country.

In 1721, Peter I was awarded the title of "Emperor of All Russia" by the Senate and established the Russian Empire.

In the 18th century, Russia successively incorporated Ukraine and large areas on the northern coast of the Black Sea into its own territory. At the end of 1917, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was established in eastern Ukraine. In 1922, the Soviet Union was established, and Eastern Ukraine joined the Union and became one of the founding countries of the Soviet Union.

Belarus was also incorporated into the Russian Empire in the 18th century. In January 1919, the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic was established. In 1922, the Soviet Union was established. Belarus joined the Union and became one of the founding countries of the Soviet Union.

On December 8, 1991, the leaders of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus signed the "Belovezh Agreement" in Minsk, declaring that the Soviet Union no longer existed and established the Commonwealth of Independent States. At this point, Ukraine, The independence of Russia and Belarus was finally completed.

Article 5 of the "Belovezh Agreement" provides as follows: The Contracting Parties mutually recognize and respect the territorial integrity and inviolability of existing borders within the Commonwealth. They guarantee open borders, freedom of movement of citizens and the transfer of information within the Commonwealth.

They once had a deep love for each other, but now they are at war with each other. What was once a sworn alliance has now become an enemy. May the world have more trust in each other, and may there be no more wars in the world.

Cherish peace and stay away from war!