Why do Ukrainians blame the Buryats for the crimes of all Russians?
Russia is a multicultural country. Tatars, Bashkirs, Chechens, Komi, and countless other nations, whose lands were conquered at one point or another, are a part of so-called russian federation. Russians love to boast about their diverse and multi-ethnic society, even though for hundreds of years the russian state did everything it could to erase the identities of those nations and assimilate them under the umbrella of the “Great russian Culture”. Most of the ethnically non-russian citizens have forcibly forgotten their native languages and traditions, and identifying as a russian is encouraged and considered something to be proud of. The superiority…