Hello, Za Rada!
I have one question here. Since you are somewhat of an authority for me, I would love to know your opinion.
Now I'm watching Minaev's video series about the 1917 revolution in the Russian Empire. And my opinion, which I had even before watching these videos, is getting stronger and stronger: what is happening now is actually a continuation of the collapse of the Russian Empire and its consequences.
After watching I am more and more convinced of this.
Can you comment on this situation from your perspective? Do you think that the current war is really a conflict between Ukraine and Russia as separate countries, or can it still be somewhat related to the civil war of 1917?
And in general, can we consider that everything that is happening now in the ruins of the Russian Empire is the consequences of the fall of the monarchy, the rise to power of the communists and the introduction of their ideology?
It will be interesting to read your opinion on this matter.
So, thanks for the common sense broadcast!
You can even take the last thousand years deeper: resource-poor Europe goes to the resource-rich East for resources. In the northeast direction there is an orthodox Slavic civilization. So they collide all the time. Moreover, no matter where the capital of this civilization is located in Kiev, Novgorod, Moscow or St. Petersburg, the same thing happens. Therefore, it is strategically important for the West to weaken this civilization. That is, to do with him the same thing they did with the South Slavic civilization, with the capital Belgrade: bring it to a level that is incapable of resistance.
As for the events of 1917, it is very important to separate three events that are related to each other, but completely different in their consequences: the February Revolution, the October Revolution and the Civil War, which were largely provoked by the intervention.
From the Western perspective, a very similar process is happening now.