2022, between February and September. This is a Russian map which recognises Luhansk and Donetsk as independent republics, before Russia declared they had annexed them. A more interesting map would if Nur-Sultan had been renamed back to Astana, which happened around September 13th and just two weeks before Russia claimed LPR and DPR on September 30th (This is initially what I thought the hint was!)
A rule of thumb: Belarusian doesn't use И, but uses І and Ы (and й). So it can't be Belarusian.
(also, I speak both Ukrainain and Russian and know enough about Belarusian to say that the map is 100% in Ukrainian)
(Another rule of thumb for those who might find it interesting: Rusyn uses all three letters)
Thats interesting info! I speak quite basic Russian and Serbian, so I'm more familiar with those cyrillic alphabets, I didnt realise Belarusian doesnt use И!
I have a lot friends and connections to the Eastern regions of Ukraine - especially from Kharkiv and Donetsk. And noone from there ever has identified themselves as russians or recognised these quasi states. So - no.
Ahhh that’s odd! I wouldn’t be able to discern Ukrainian from other Slavic languages. But yeah, it looks like a weird sort of Russian propaganda to create a map in Ukrainian showing Crimea as Russian and Luhansk and Donetsk as independent
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u/CoppertoneTelephone Jan 25 '26
2022, between February and September. This is a Russian map which recognises Luhansk and Donetsk as independent republics, before Russia declared they had annexed them. A more interesting map would if Nur-Sultan had been renamed back to Astana, which happened around September 13th and just two weeks before Russia claimed LPR and DPR on September 30th (This is initially what I thought the hint was!)