"From where is the Russian land" went. Whether Ukraine gave rise to Russian Federation

Shrill pathos of a legend that only Ukraine has the right to inherit Russia, exists almost since the hetman Mazepa Yvan, claiming that "before there were we that now moskovets: the government, superiority and the name of Russia ot nas k nim passed". But it was issued and went to masses rather recently, during an electronic era already having become practically a stamp. And such convincing that in history when Ukraine gave rise from itself to Russian Federation, many Russians trust: "Kievan Rus'" — a design in itself convincing. Shilov Yvan information agency "REGNUM" Kiev — means, Ukrainian. To...