The funny thing is, the western part of Ukraine is more religious than the eastern part (which like Russia has a lot more atheists).
Their lives are just pure obedience to the powers that be. The powers told them "religion bad", so they obey, then they said "Ukraine good". Now they have cognitive dissonance.
The funny thing is, the western part of Ukraine is more religious than the eastern part (which like Russia has a lot more atheists).
Their lives are just pure obedience to the powers that be. The powers told them "religion bad", so they obey, then they said "Ukraine good". Now they have cognitive dissonance.
I mean yes. Lviv is clearly a very important religious city, for many different groups…
Same with Odessa to an extent. Same with Kyiv.
The Donbass cities were more… Industrial, and like you say, a very different history.
Kharkiv, notably, seems to be somewhere in between, you might say. Which makes sense.