Soviet Archaeology Trolled the World

“Soviet archaeology however managed to troll many linguists, archaeologists, archaeogeneticists, historians and Comparative Mythologists / theologians into using formulae like ‘Steppe Ancestry,’ ‘Southern Russia,’ or ‘Pontic Caspian Steppe’ to describe the Ancient Ukrainian homeland of the Yamna Culture”

Source: Expanding Mental Models · (Archaeogenetic and Isotopic Revolutions)

Identifies the three euphemistic formulas as successful Soviet trolling. Each term erases “Ukraine” from its own origin story.

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