04-04-2022, 10:35 AM
Speaking of the Ukraine, I have a better claim to rule the place than Vladimir Vladimirovich has: I have ancestors who ruled the area (including Great Prince Vladimir of the Kievan Rus). Also the Princes of Chernigov (Chernihiv, in Ukrainian).
It might be a technicality, but Vladimir Vladimirovich can't know his heritage back more than 4 generations: the Soviets destroyed most of the genealogical information in Russia not long after the Revolution. The idea was to make it impossible for people to claim lineage from the Tsars.
I used to work with a Russian lass in one of my earlier schools. She knew nothing of her family history past her grandparents. She thought it was a great joke that I was related the Great Princes of the Kievan Rus.
For that matter, so do I.
However, I still think I have a better claim: I'm not a homicidal maniac who kills his opponents.
It might be a technicality, but Vladimir Vladimirovich can't know his heritage back more than 4 generations: the Soviets destroyed most of the genealogical information in Russia not long after the Revolution. The idea was to make it impossible for people to claim lineage from the Tsars.
I used to work with a Russian lass in one of my earlier schools. She knew nothing of her family history past her grandparents. She thought it was a great joke that I was related the Great Princes of the Kievan Rus.
For that matter, so do I.
However, I still think I have a better claim: I'm not a homicidal maniac who kills his opponents.
Live Long and Prosper!