Austria-Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Russia, and Turkic peoples from the south exploited the rich land and took the population as slaves, serfs and soldiers. However, beginning with the Mongol conquest in the 13th century, Ukraine has almost continually been under the thumb of its neighbors. It is on the eastern fringes of Western civilization, abutting Russia which, as the world discovers over and over, has a distinct mentality.Ī thousand years ago, Ukraine, as Kievan Rus (Kiev of the Russians), was the cradle of Russian civilization.
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The very name Ukraine means “the border” in Slavic languages. Meanwhile, I have become a close observer of life in Ukraine. My wife and I speak English to each other and his education will be in English, but for now my son and I converse in Russian. The Ukrainian passport could be the more valuable. He starts life as a dual citizen, but by the time he is grown the West may have choked on its multiculturalism and debt, and Ukraine will have begun to realize its potential. I am committed to homeschooling my son here. We had a son in 2011, and built a house in 2012. In September 2009 I met a Ukrainain woman whom I married in 2010. Over the next two years I continued learning Russian and making contacts. The next spring I folded my US household, sold my cars, activated Social Security, and signed a long-term lease in Kiev.
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In September 2007, I went to Kiev, in Ukraine, to study Russian for a month, and then went back to Kiev in November. I wanted to get away from an America that had taught even my own children to despise our Mayflower heritage. Some years ago, I decided to start a new life.