History and geography curricula appear to be modified the most. In an 8th grade geography textbook, the predecessors of the French, Spanish, Portugese, Turks, and even Jews came from Ukraine (remember Mr. Bebik?). Apparently, Ukrainians and Poles are of a Slavic origin, whereas Russians are Finno-Ugrians and Belarusians were also denied their “Slavic-ness” as the textbook classifies them as a Baltic people.
“History of Ukraine” for the 7th grade says that genesis of the Ukrainian people “dates 140,000 years back”.
A 9th grade history textbook asserts that by the end of the 18th century, Ukrainians were “one of Europe’s largest peoples”. It also appears that “the population of Eastern Europe entered the first millennium of the new era under the name Ukrainians”.
