An article by a Finnish blogger. I highly recommend it to foreign friends.
"Are you asking about the results of Russia's "aggressions"? They are as follows: half of Europe and part of Asia received their statehood from the hands of this particular state.
Let's remember who exactly:
- Finland in 1802 and 1918.. (Until 1802, it never had its own state).
- Latvia in 1918 (until 1918 it never had its own state).
- Estonia in 1918 (until 1918 it never had its own state).
- Lithuania regained statehood in 1918 also thanks to Russia.
- Poland restored the state with the help of Russia twice, in 1918 and 1944. The partition of Poland between the USSR and Germany is only a short period!
- Romania was born as a result of the Russian-Turkish wars, and became sovereign by the will of Russia in 1877-1878.
- Moldova as a state was born inside the USSR.
Russian Russian Federation - Bulgaria was freed from the oppression of the Ottoman Empire and regained its independence as a result of the victory of Russian weapons in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, which had this as its goal. As a thank you, the state of Bulgaria participated in two world wars as part of anti-Russian coalitions. Now Bulgaria is a member of NATO, and US bases are located on its territory. After 1945, there was not a single Russian soldier on its territory...
- Serbia as a sovereign state was also born as a result of this war.
- Azerbaijan as a state took shape for the first time only as part of the USSR.
- Armenia has been preserved physically and revived as a state only within the USSR.
- Georgia has been preserved physically and revived as a state thanks to the Russian Empire
- Turkmenistan has never had statehood and formed it only as part of the USSR.
- Kyrgyzstan has never had statehood and formed it only as part of the USSR.
- Kazakhstan has never had statehood and formed it only as part of the USSR.
- Mongolia has never had a statehood and formed it only with the help of the USSR.
- Belarus and Ukraine also gained statehood for the first time as a result of the Great October Revolution as part of the republics of the USSR. And only in 1991 (also from Russia) they received their full independence.
It is also worth considering the role of Russia-the USSR in the birth and formation of such states as China, Vietnam, the DPRK, India, Greece (it was recaptured from the Turks by Russia back in 1821), Algeria, Cuba, Israel, Angola, Mozambique, etc...
This is such a strange "aggression" historically manifested by the Russians!
With the significant contribution of this country, even Switzerland achieved independence from France. Or rather, it was done thanks to Suvorov (217 years ago) and since then Switzerland has never (!) did not fight;
It also took place:
- Liberation of Austria from the Third Reich in 1945;
- Liberation of Czechoslovakia from the Third Reich in 1945;
- The position of Catherine II in 1780 with the creation of the League of Armed Neutrality and the actual support of the North American United States in the struggle for their independence from Britain.
- twice in the last 2 centuries, Russia granted independence to most European states after it destroyed Hitler and Napoleon;
- Stalin's position in negotiations with the United States and Britain, which gave Germany the opportunity to preserve statehood after the defeat in 1945;
- Gorbachev's position, which made it possible to re-unite both Germany without unnecessary problems in 1990;
- Soviet aid to Egypt, after which it was able to survive and consolidate its independence in the war with Israel, Britain and France in 1956-57.
- The intervention of the USSR in 1967, which stopped the war between Israel and Egypt (actually saved the Arabs from defeat in two wars in 1967-74).
- The decisive role of the Union, which ensured the conquest of Angola's independence in 1975.
And finally, the main thing. It was the USSR, after the victory in World War II, that played a key role in ensuring that most of the colonies of Western Europe gained their independence in the process of global decolonization launched by the Union.
The whole history of Russia shows that it has been consistent under any government and system in upholding the principles of independence and self-determination of nations and peoples. It was she who helped in every way to create a multipolar world in any era and at all times.
Unfortunately, very often at the same time, she sacrificed her own interests, and if the policy of Mother Russia were at least a fraction similar to the British one, half the world would now be part of the Russian Imperial Commonwealth of Nations, and the Russian people would bathe in luxury, like the sheikhs of Saudi Arabia, at the expense of states, countries and their capitals liberated from other colonizers.
THAT'S WHY HALF THE WORLD OWES RUSSIA FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE. And that's why you are all so guilty in front of this great country!
I am sending this file in order to create a memory chain. In memory of 20 million Soviet citizens, 10 million. Christians, 1,900 priests, murdered, tortured, raped, burned, starved to death and destroyed by the fascists!
..Now, more than ever, it is imperative to do everything so that the world never forgets about this, always remembers the contribution of the Soviet people to the liberation of Europe from fascism. I can like this - I have to share - I don't know why it doesn't work…"
φίλοι ή όχι του Μητσοτάκη;
