Talk:Ukrainians
From Academic Kids
This article could do with a little polishing... Scandinavian settled and Kyivan Rus was founded way before Christianity was accepted from Constantinople in 988 by Kievan Rus prince Volodymyr. Geraldo
I'd say it needs a lot of polishing, because:
- The foundation by the Scandinavians is only a one from three or more ethnological theories explaining the origin of Kievan Rus and Ukrainians (at least I was tought so in Ukrainian university);
- Like Geraldo says, adopting a Christianity was definitely not a starting point for Kievan Rus statehood. Kiev became a capital of Duchy when still being Pagan, and few Kievan Dukes before Volodymyr are known by their political and military deeds.
So let's go off West-centrical position. I`m looking forward to edit&widen Ukraine`s historical stuff radically, but it would take a lot of time since I don`t specialize in history. --AlexPU 17:33, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Ukrainians in Moldova
According to CIA factbook 2005 estimate (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/md.html) out of Moldova's population of 4,455,421 , there are 13.8 % of ethnic Ukrainians. This gives us 614 848 Ukrainins... (The number includes Ukrainians in Transnistria where they make up more than 25 % of the population). (Fisenko 05:01, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC))
Let's use the latest officially available data. For Moldova there's the 2004 census: [1] (http://www.statistica.md/recensamint/Rezultatele_prel_recens_ro.zip)
- Moldova, excluding Transnistria : 283,000 (8,4%)
- Transnistria: 162,000 (28%)
- Moldova: 445,000
bogdan ʤjuʃkə | Talk 14:48, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
CIA factbook is a very credible source. In this particular case I would consider CIA to be more neutral than Moldavian government. (Fisenko 04:14, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC))
- CIA factbook may be a very credible source, but it still uses the old data from the 1989 census. bogdan ʤjuʃkə | Talk 07:19, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
