
Volodymyr vs. Vladimir: How rival statues explain the Russia-Ukraine conflict
State of the World from NPR
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The Crisis in Ukraine and Russia
Ukraine and russia have very different narratives about the current war. One of ukraine's most legendary figures is volodamir the great, who ruled kive in the tenth century. Yet russia also claims him as central their history. And pieres, greg miri in kive and charles maines in moscow tell how these monuments are built into the conflict.
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