Black People : Least recommended country in Europe to go if you are Black

[info-moetry]

It's ironic that most of these countries are racist expecially when you research their history and find out that their distant descendants where Black people.

peace

"Nobody hates like family" - Paul Mooney

 

[asmith161718]

This is rurik.

he's considered the father of modern Russia. As you can see from his dreads he was black/biracial. Today Rurik is now a popular online virtual game.

I have no doubt in my mind that their are a lot of racists people in Russia myself. i have also read those reports but it still doesn't change the fact that Russia started out as a Bi-racial society. I think most of the racism in Russia are due to the fact that their was a civil war there in the past...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War

 

[bientempo]

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/512996/Rurik
Rurik was a Viking, or Varangian, prince. His story is told in the The Russian Primary Chronicle (compiled at the beginning of the 12th century) but is not accepted at face value by modern historians. According to the chronicle, the people of Novgorod, tired of political strife, invited the Varangians about ad 862 to establish an orderly and just government there. Hence, Rurik came with his two brothers and a large retinue (druzhina) and became ruler of the city and region of Novgorod.
Some historians think that Rurik came from the Scandinavian peninsula or from Jutland (now in Denmark) and seized the town of Ladoga, on Lake Ladoga. After establishing a stronghold there (c. 855), he may have gone southward along the Volkhov and captured Novgorod. Another possibility is that Rurik and his army were mercenaries, hired to guard the Volkhov-Dnieper waterway, who turned against their employers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurik
Even though some historians emphasize folklore roots for the Rurik legend and consequently dismiss Rurik as a legendary figure, there is a controversy about his ethnic origins in Eastern Europe.[citation needed]
According to the Primary Chronicle Rurik was one of the Rus, a Varangian tribe likened by the chronicler to Danes, Swedes, English and Gotlanders. In the 20th century, archaeologists partly corroborated the chronicle's version of events. It was discovered that the settlement of Ladoga, whose foundation has been ascribed to Rurik, was actually established in the mid-9th century. Earthenware, household utensils, and types of buildings from the period of Rurik's foundation correspond to patterns then prevalent in Jutland.

No Dreads, those are decoration coming off the helmet. For your vacations, I would recommend Africa. The islands are happy without all the strife brought here from up there.

 

[asmith161718]

More facts... St. Vladimir The Great

is considered the first ruler of what is now modern day Ukraine. His Fatehr was Svjatoslav the Brave and his mother was olga, a maid

Wikipedia provided the picture of Olga.

 

[bientempo]

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=434
Way to the throne
Vladimir, born in 958, was the natural son and youngest son of Sviatoslav I of Kiev by his housekeeper Malusha. Malusha is described in the Norse sagas as a prophetess who lived to the age of 100 and was brought from her cave to the palace to predict the future. Malusha's brother Dobrynya was Vladimir's tutor and most trusted advisor. Hagiographic tradition of dubious authenticity also connects his childhood with the name of his grandmother, Olga Prekrasa, who was Christian and governed the capital during Sviatoslav's frequent military campaigns.