Chapter 1382: Germanized Ukraine
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In Slavic, "Ukraine" means border area. Compared to Lithuania in the north, and even Moscow, Ukraine is the southern "frontier" of the Slavs.
Therefore, the "Count of Ukraine" that Marin bought for Simon means "Count of Border" in Slavic.
Perhaps future generations find it inconceivable-the warm and fertile Ukraine on the southern Black Sea could be a border zone? Yes, it really is ...
The Slavs originated in the Vistula river basin in Poland. Once, during the Roman Empire, the Slavs spread from the Oder in the west to the Dnieper River in the east, to the Carpathians in the south, and to the Baltic Sea in the north. The Dnieper River is the central river of Ukraine. Therefore, it is not bad to say that Ukraine is the border area of the Slavs.
Later, the Slavs expanded in Europe, and a southward group occupied the Balkan Peninsula for the Yugoslavs. To the north ... Well, because of the Baltic Sea, they migrated to the Livonia region along the seashore, that is, the area of later Estonia and Latvia. Xiangdong Needless to say, Maozi is the branch that developed eastward. As for the west, it was blocked by the German Knights and stopped in the Czech region.
As for the Ukrainian region in the southeast, a state such as the Principality of Kievan Rus should have appeared, which should have developed into an important civilized area of the Slavs.
But unfortunately, when the Mongolian capital was on the westward expedition, the Principality of Kievan Rus was destroyed, and the process of Ukrainian civilization was interrupted, becoming a poor border zone.
Later, although the Grand Duchy of Lithuania took advantage of the decline of the Golden Horde, Ukraine was seized from the Golden Horde. However, because of the fierce bandit country like Crimean Khanate in the south of Ukraine, the Ukrainian economy is difficult Develop.
Therefore, the current Ukrainian region, in the eyes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, is a poor border zone. Ironically, this poor border zone is the warmest and most fertile place in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Because the land is too fertile, and there are rivers such as the Dnieper River, this region of Ukraine still feeds two to three million Ukrainians. The so-called Cossacks are actually only a relatively sturdy minority among Ukrainians. Most Ukrainians are ordinary herders, and a few are engaged in agriculture by the big river.
However, agriculture in Ukraine is generally concentrated in the northern region. Because the farms in the south are easily looted by the Crimean Khanate.
The Galician region of Poland was actually originally from the Ukrainian region. After the decline of the Golden Horde, Poland seized the opportunity to **** the Galicia region. And Lviv in Galicia is now a famous granary in Poland.
It also belonged to the Ukrainian region and the same black land, but because the Lviv region was protected by the Polish knights and was located in the northwest of the Ukrainian region, it was basically not affected by the Crimean Khanate. Therefore, local agriculture has developed.
Therefore, in the current Ukrainian region, only the north has a relatively stable agricultural area. For example, Kiev, because it is located in northern Ukraine and is relatively safe in the local area, has also developed agriculture. In the southern region, under the threat of the Crimean Khanate, the land was basically abandoned. Or, some Cossack villages are grazing.
The reason why the southern Cossacks and ordinary Ukrainians chose to graze is because they are afraid of the Crimean Khanate to rob them. The reason is very simple-you see, we are also the poor ratio of grazing, we usually eat cheese, there is no oil and water to grab ... The good man in Crimea, don't come and grab our same poor ratio herders ... … Not to mention, the Crimeans really have no interest in villages that are also herders. At most, go grab some people ...
Also, it is convenient for herders to relocate. If they heard that the Crimean Khanate had invaded, everyone put the tent on the carriage, and then drove the cattle and sheep, and immediately ran away. The Ukrainian steppe is so large that it is not easy to be caught by Crimean robbers. If it ’s a farming village, it ’s because the monk ca n’t run the temple ...
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Of course, Marin asked Simon to go to Kiev as an earl, not for him to open up wasteland for farming, but for the idea of fighting the Ukrainian population.
After all, the Ukrainian region has a population of two or three million. For the countries before the Industrial Revolution, the population is labor and productivity.
Although Marin encourages childbirth in Beihai, it takes time to give birth. Waiting for domestic women to give birth and grow up slowly, Marin may have hung up.
Therefore, the easiest and fastest way is to plunder the population. And Ukrainians without their own country became Marin's coveted targets.
Although they are all Slavs, Ukrainians and Moscows are different. Mao Zi has now formed a powerful and unified country, with a strong sense of national identity. Moreover, Mao Zi is also used to using his own language and writing.
Ukrainians do not have their own country. Although they have their own language, they mainly use the Ruthenian language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (about the language of Belarus and Lithuania). Usually, Ukrainians want to communicate with the outside world, they must use Ruthenian, even German, Latin and Polish. Even the legal provisions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania are written in Ruthenian, Latin and German ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ and this gives Marin the opportunity to absorb and integrate Ukrainians- The nobility and the upper class are both German-speaking.
The reason for this was mainly because the German missionaries contributed to the conversion of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to Catholicism. Also, the number one rival of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is the Teutonic Knights, which is the German-speaking country. For religious and diplomatic needs, Lithuanian nobles generally learn Latin and German.
In this way, after Simon became the earl of Ukraine, it would not be a problem to promote German locally. At that time, Marin intends to pay for the construction of a number of church schools in Ukraine, specializing in teaching German for Ukrainian children, and eventually deutscheming Ukrainians.
What are the benefits of Ukrainian Germanism? Of course it is convenient for immigration! These people all speak German, and it's easier for Marin to recruit them. Even the North Sea army can recruit Ukrainians who speak German.
Once Ukrainians are used to speaking German, they will be completely Germanized and integrated into the Germans, just like the East Prussians in history.
It should be noted that the Prussians are not Germans, but authentic Slavs. However, as the Teutonic Knights from Germany invaded the Prussian region and Germanized the Teutonic Kingdom, later, the Prussians who were originally Slavs, thus integrated into the German Empire and became Germans.
Obviously, Marin also intends to use the same routine to promote German education in Ukraine. Moreover, Ukrainians were Germanized at the expense of establishing tuition-free church schools. In this way, after a few generations, these Ukrainians will merge into the North Sea like the Prussians and be merged silently by the Germans ...
And the North Sea country can at least have more than one million people, which can alleviate the labor shortage in Marin's development of the Americas ...
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