++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++michael mills wrote:What is all this about a "Slavic gene"?
There is no such thing as "Slavic genes", there are only human genes, the distribution of which varies between different human population groups.
Does anyone imagine that Ukrainian peasants had any concept of DNA?
Of course they did not. But they did know what their language was and what their customs were, and they did know that they were different from the language and customs of the people of the North, from the lands of Muscovy.
The essential difference between modern Russians and modern Ukrainians is one of language, culture and self-identity, not of genetics. In fact, the genetic difference between all the peoples of northern and eastern Europe is minimal.
Neither did Koch's Nazis .\
Are we goingto chase red herrings again?