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...that territorial, ethnic, and religious boundaries have been artificially imposed upon an underlying unity. #Kiev occupies a unique position in this framework: simultaneously the symbolic mother-city of Rus civilization, a repository of #Orthodox sacred authority, and a strategic territorial objective whose "return" to #Russian sovereignty represents the restoration of...

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...has a symbolic and historical role as a repository of #Rus cultural identity despite political dispersion. After the "devastating invasion of #Batu #Khan,

6. Western #Catholicism and #Polish influence represent an active threat and corrosive force against the preservation of #Rus cultural heritage,

7. #Kiev...

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Therein:

👉#Putin's Conceptualization of #Kiev and #KievanRus as *Common* #CulturalHeritage: 👈

1. The primacy of Kievan Rus as a unified civilizational project,

2. Kiev's institutional supremacy and canonical precedence,

3. The adoption of #OrthodoxChristianity as the decisive cultural and civilizational marker unifying the #Rus lands,

4. #Linguistic continuity and shared language,

5. #Kiev...