"Today's Little Russians are descended from the native population, they preserved the ancient faith of their ancestors, and before the separation of Little Russia from Russia, they lived together with the Russians — a co-religious and fraternal nation. The Little Russians are, so to speak, a people of the most ancient times, indulging in dreams of the past and denying the present along with current progress. At the same time, the lands they inhabit, which are well located in the south, have undoubtedly preserved untold riches that will lead the Little Russians to prosperity in the future. The Little Russians remained free from external influences and preserved the purity of the nation."
- Gustav-Theodor Pauli (known in Russia as Fyodor Khristianovich), Russian ethnographer
Source:
"Description ethnographique des Peuples de la Russie" ("Ethnographic description of the peoples of Russia")
- Gustav-Theodor Pauli (known in Russia as Fyodor Khristianovich), Russian ethnographer
Source:
"Description ethnographique des Peuples de la Russie" ("Ethnographic description of the peoples of Russia")