Dismantling Russian Narratives: Commentary for ICTV (04.07.2025)
Vitaliy Dribnytsia’s studio commentary for ICTV systematically examines Russian historical narratives about “one people,” “one language,” and “one faith.” He shows how propaganda removes facts from their historical context and discusses the distinct Ukrainian linguistic, ecclesiastical, and political traditions.
Key moments
- 01:44 The 'one people' myth and the different formation of Ukrainians and Russians
- 04:17 What being Slavic means and where Slavic communities formed
- 09:20 Ukrainian as a distinct East Slavic language
- 16:10 The 'one faith' myth and the Russian Empire's liquidation of the Uniate Church
- 17:59 How propaganda ignores historical change
- 18:57 The name Ukraine and its false derivation from the Russian word okraina
- 22:03 An interpreter with the Hetmanate embassy to Moscow in 1654
- 24:47 The narrative that Ukraine was supposedly someone else's political project