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10 sats \ 7 replies \ @kristapsk 17 Apr 2024 \ parent \ on: "Should Congress Stop Funding the War in Ukraine?" Yes! econ
Yes, Ukraine will not be part of Western Europe culturally, they are different (I have been in Kyiv). But they are key for other nations to be able to exist as independent countries. Architect of Latvian independence war general Peteris Radzins wrote about that ~100 years ago. He also precisely predicted back then that without independent strong Ukraine Latvia has 20 years of existence, until Russians will invade again.
Latvian independence general said this in 1920?
When did Ukraine lose independence in 20th century?
1918? 1931?
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Latvian independence general said this in 1920?
Yes, around 1920. He also served in general stuff of Ukraine before that.
When did Ukraine lose independence in 20th century?
In 1918/1919, they fought for independence, but didn't succeed.
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They also had attempt to create first anarchist country in the world back then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhnovshchina
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Ukraine lost independence during the Russian Civil War between the Reds and the Whites.
Reds defeated Whites who had support from USA and Europe
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Whites who had support from USA and Europe
Also Japan. It was purely economic thing, Russia owed a lot of money to them, so they didn't want bolsheviks to take over, as they would not pay their debts.
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True but the bigger reason was ideology and geopolitics. The west did not want communism to spread
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Yes, that was also reason. For bolsheviks idea was to go to the West and spread revolution. Poles did miracle and stopped them at Warsaw. Fear of bolshevism was the main reason why fascists in Italy, nazis in Germany and falangists in Spain came to power.