• toomanypancakes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    The phrase first appeared at the beginning of the 20th century in different variations, when it became popular among Ukrainians during the Ukrainian War of Independence from 1917 to 1921.

    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOP
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      13 hours ago

      However it was in the 1930s when it really took hold, becoming a rallying cry for the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), explained Oleksandr Zaitsev, a historian from the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.

      The Nazis also didn’t invent the “Heil!” exclamation or the roman salute. It’s still not ok to do either of these things. Not to mention the Swastika.