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Borrka   
16 Apr 2009
History / Partitions and Modern Polish Culture [26]

things related to behaviors, attitudes, etc?

Definitely this part will be much easier .
Art, music, language were by far less influenced by political situation.
With exception for Polish literature maybe.
Borrka   
16 Apr 2009
History / Partitions and Modern Polish Culture [26]

First, you have to be more specific on what you are looking for (elements of the culture).

Look what does Wiki present as its definition of culture !

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture

It's impossible to give you any serious answer unless you try to narrow your question.
Borrka   
16 Apr 2009
News / Polish minority abroad and minorities in Poland [71]

I guess you're overestimating your Polish role and obviously underestimating Lithuanins.

Neither ... nor.
But still a nice try to put Polish minority problem in Lithuania on the same level as Russo-Latvian or Russo-Estonian conflict.
What is obviously not the case.
Borrka   
12 Apr 2009
History / Stolen hero of the forgotten war. [52]

Russians spent half a billion of their currency and three years of work, thousands actors involved just to depict a historical moment of Ukrainian and Polish confrontation + put words of ass-licking into Cossacks' mouths. It is not their history, but they spend so much in order to do their "job".

Exactly my message.
Point.
Borrka   
12 Apr 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

he fighted for something what is now today most common in all modern, western states, the detachment from state and church!

True but he used it as a tool against Polish and Bavarian anti-Prussian irredenta at the same time.
Life of politicians, even from the cream of the cream category is never black and white.
Borrka   
12 Apr 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

I didn't use expression Polonophobia cause "phobias" are reserved on this board for our Slavic brothers from Mongolian stepes (as Russophobia).
More ... Kulturkampf was (and still is) considered as "anti-Bavarian" as well.

Anyway, it's not my point to stress Bismarck's politically driven but real Polonophobia.
I respect his activities on many fields but still I'm able to see his mistakes.
Exactly like in case "Dmowski".
His anti-Semitism was by no means of Nazi type.
Just politics.
Borrka   
12 Apr 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

Ever heard of Kulturkampf, huh ?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulturkampf

Kulturkampf and Germanisation policies in the Prussian Province of Posen

The Kulturkampf had a major impact on the regions of Prussia with a Polish population. Since 1795 Poland did not exist as a state and had been partitioned between Austria, Prussia (which in turn became part of the German Empire) and Russia. Within the Prussian partition was Greater Poland, which during the Kulturkampf was encompassed by the Province of Posen. Here, Germans constituted a minority while most of the inhabitants were Roman Catholic ethnic Poles. The struggle against Catholicism and Catholic southern German states started almost simultaneously with an extensive campaign of Germanisation in the lands formerly belonging to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Polish Kingdom. Therefore, the anti-Catholic elements of the Kulturkampf can be tied to Germanisation efforts involving language and culture within the empire.[8][15]
Borrka   
12 Apr 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

Somebody knows why Dmowski was so popular in western Poland and Pilsudski in eastern and southern Poland ?

Complicated question so I will try some simplification - no time to give you a lecture on Dmowski.

Dmowski was concentrated on the German danger same way the Poles of the pre-ww2 Western Poland used to be.
He tended to underestimate Russo-Polish issues.

On the contrary Pilsudski was all but anti-German and at the same time offered some proven "enemy of Russia" picture what made him more interesting in the commie devasteted East.

BTW. It's nonsense to compare Hitler and Dmowski.
Bismarck suits much better as a German equivalent of Dmowski.
Just replace Dmowski's anti-Semitism with Bismarck's anti-Catholic phobias and give him (Dmowski) more real political power.
Borrka   
12 Apr 2009
History / Stolen hero of the forgotten war. [52]

Cast a glance at Borrka. Certainly he wouldn't buy our goods under normal circumstances, but we can ask him to buy...

I've got the drift but now seriously...

Dear Kostik, if everybody spends at least 10% of what I'm spending for "made in Russia" goods, soon you're nummero uno in exports worldwide.

It depends on the quality only:
Russian folk and pop CDs, Russian movies, Russian books and software plus vodka are second to none.
I even tried Russian balalayka but it's broken now.
Borrka   
12 Apr 2009
History / Stolen hero of the forgotten war. [52]

Oh c'mon Kostik...
In 5 years there is no Russia at all given your successful economy today LOL.
Borrka   
11 Apr 2009
News / Poland. Sold for nothing. [341]

Now, when the american missle shield turned into illusion

I'm really sorry Kostik, to disappoint you LOL.
In todays Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza newest report from construction site in Slupsk.
'Missile Shield' project is being run without any delays so don't get that exited, my friend.
Only this thread does not make too much sense.

Despite the ambiguous statements about Barack Obama's missile defense work in Slupsk going as if nothing had happened . Americans are doing database design , MON took over the land on which it is built , are built around the way

The President of the United States said last Sunday in Prague that the missile shield could affect the suspension of Iran 's nuclear program .

Five days before the onset of Slupsk was vice-ambassador of the United States Pamela Quanrud . Informed local authorities that the United States does not forgo investment and the future looked terrain database ...
Borrka   
10 Apr 2009
History / Stolen hero of the forgotten war. [52]

How can he be the pride of Ukrainian literature while not having a line in Ukrainian in his most famous stories?

Russian is being used (according to different sources) by 30 -50% of Ukrainians as their native tongue.
Are you trying to say all their contribution to the science, literature, politics are Russian achievements ?!

It's like suggestion there is no Irish literatur because Joyce or Yeats weren't using Gaelic LOL.
Borrka   
10 Apr 2009
History / Stolen hero of the forgotten war. [52]

He doesn't write in Ukrainia

Since when the language we use determinates our nationality, Sasha ?
Even today offsprings of my Ukrainian friends (you will call them Baderovtsi or Mazepintsi LOL) prefer to speak Russian because of the Russian TV, school, environment etc.

But better don't try to call them Russians !

Similar goes for Irish culture and literature in English.

There's no Polonophobic hysteria in Russia

"Polonophobic hysteria" is just my rhetoric but in general our contacts are rather "cold".
I mean the political level and not the Vania to Janek relationship.
Simple your elite has problems with accepting Polish support for Ukraine in NATO and EU.
It seems to be the main issue.

you could easily see how unpolitical he had been

Agreed but again, some Slavophiles were his close friends and Taras Bulba hardly makes a monument to the Polish-Ukrainian brotherhood.

But yes the easiest way to explain this World is to look for "Russian chauvinists"

Definitely, given our geographical location and political position.
Borrka   
10 Apr 2009
History / Stolen hero of the forgotten war. [52]

Nicolai Gogol is a pride of Ukrainian literature being at the same time one of the greatest Russian language writers.

Vladimir Bortko, Moscow born film director (known in Poland for his filming of Bulhakov's Master and Margareta or The Dog's Heart) decided to make a new adaptation of Gogol's "Taras Bulba".

The decision was taken in the good times of oil boom and growing Polonophobic hysteria in Russia.

I like Bortko's movies.
I even do like his frankness in promoting anti-Polish and anti-Ukrainian views.
"It should be patriotic movie presenting the Russo-Ukrainian unity.
Everybody should remember we are one people even when living in different countries."

What the hell has in common Russian chauvinism with the never ending Polish-Cossack conflict ?
Perhaps the only common denominator is Russian oppressor who destroyed both Poland and Cossack Sech.

Political views of Gogol were influenced by Russian Slavophiles and "Taras Bulba" hardly makes some nice picture of Poles.
But as long it's used in order to show part of our history (even its "Ukrainian version") I have no problems at all.

The fictive case "Bulba" was quite possible in reality.

Bortko's adaptation is manipulated to create an old and well known message:
only Russian protection makes Ukrainians really free !

PS. Interesting reaction of some Russian on "Taras Bulba" movie forum.
"Ukrainians as a nation were invented by Polish imperialism."
Borrka   
9 Apr 2009
News / Poland. Sold for nothing. [341]

Not again the battle of Grünwald half a millennia back please...:)

BB, you gave me an interesting idea ...
Has Germany won ANY war ever other than Herman der Cherusker victory ?
Borrka   
18 Mar 2009
History / UPA barbarian murders on Polish and Jewish neighbors during WW2 [150]

Maybe it's time for you Poles to reject your own imperialism and acknowledge that "Polska od morza do morza" was no better than "Deutschland über Alles" or "velikaya Rossiya" and that it was your ancestors who laid the foundation for Polish-Ukrainian conflict?

Nice try to compare some acient Polish dreams (unknow to the great majority of Poles living today) with Russian chauvinistic craze of "Velikaya Russiya" what is ABC to every Vanya from Tambov to Vladivostok.

Is like granting the same political value to Ilya Muromets and Stalin.
Borrka   
18 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

the german forces didn't conquer most of Europe because of him but rather inspite of him!

At least very close to his opinion (Europe at war 1939 - 1945)
Borrka   
12 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

Lots of stereotypes in your postings.

Yes, Dmowski was talented and successful politician and statesman.
But he had definitely some limits.

1. Unable to deal with minorities' problem in Poland - it refers not to the Polish Jews only but to Ukrainians or Germans as well.

2.On the contrary to Pilsudski he obviously underestimated the Russian (not even to mention Bolsheviks!) threat to Poland.
For that reason Russian historians consider him to be pro-Russian what is BS.

3.Yes, he was antisemitic but not even to compare with Hitler.
He always tried to prove his anti-Jewish rants were of purely political nature.
First you read his books published as Kazimierz Wybranowski no doubt about Dmowskis' true feelings towards Jews.
However not the hitlerites' type "untermensch" craze.
Rather dangerous and very smart enemy.
Borrka   
2 Mar 2009
Law / Applying for Russian VISA in Poland [7]

James I suggest to contact: kalinka.pl/?id=oferta/wizy

It's an excellent tourist office for the ex-Soviet Union.
Not very expensive and they will do all what possible.
However I'm not sure about their English language skills.
Their Russian was good enough lol.
Borrka   
2 Mar 2009
History / UPA barbarian murders on Polish and Jewish neighbors during WW2 [150]

Well, well, well Mr "good policeman" (Sasha).

Let us look at some very similar issue for a while.
Reading old commie books on the Warsaw 1944 Uprising you're gonna find an obligatory information on "Ukrainian" butchers committing the worse crimes on civilians, raping even kids and killing wounded AK soldiers.

It was a common propaganda standard of the Polish NKVD branch and quite successful I have to admit.
Even today some people use to believe this lie.

But you know Sasha the times they are a-changin'.
Today historians have a perfect knowledge of auxiliary troops' ethnic composition - Russians and some Russified Belorussians.
With names and all personal records of more than 10000 killers who later joined the Vlasov Army.
The only Ukrainian unit (400 troops) so called Volhynian Legion was withdrawn after one week from Warsaw.

Generally Soviets were never whitewashing RONA or ROA leaving this noble job to "white" emigres.

So what was the reason for this misinformation if not strengthening of thePolish-Ukrainian hatred ?
And that is why I can easy believe in Soviets "playing" UPA.
Borrka   
26 Feb 2009
History / UPA barbarian murders on Polish and Jewish neighbors during WW2 [150]

Let Russia work with its problems and Ukraine - with its own.

Polish historian Pawel Jasienica said in the late fifties
"We have to stop deliberations which lands in the East are more Polish or more Russian and get used to the fact they are Ukrainian."

And we did it.
But not our Russian neighbors.
They still prefer old fairy tales of "Malorossiya".
Borrka   
21 Feb 2009
History / UPA - Ukrainian Insurgent Army. How they killed poles in Volhynia (1943). [139]

They speak ukrainian only being drunk.

No Kostik.
They are friendly people.
They use Russian only because of me but sooner or later they get tired lol.

Oh, what a touching prospect Pole and Ukrainians are brothers forever!

Oh I see some poor Russian heart bleeding of jealousy !
Borrka   
18 Feb 2009
News / Polish politician thrown off Lufthansa plane. Just enjoy. [60]

Link to article about Polish scientist having problems with Lufthansa: dziennik.pl/wydarzenia/article320716/Niemcy_potraktowali_mnie_jak_Rokite.html

One of the readers' comments
"Two conflicts for xxx thousands Polish customers ..."
Personally I don't know - I used to fly with Lufthansa but my German is rather good and I'm not a troublemaker at all.
Borrka   
18 Feb 2009
News / Polish politician thrown off Lufthansa plane. Just enjoy. [60]

Some remarks.

1. If we really have some issues with Germany then we should use diplomatic channels for bilateral talks first.
It would be the best solution but of course we know all the way to Brussels.
Any action based on lamentable performance of this clown will be from the very beginning a failure - take it for granted.
Lufthansa is a highly professional company and can easy prove Rokita's complains groundless.
As they really are.

2. Personally I'm deeply ashamed I was ready to accept Rokita as our "prime minister from Cracow" - I guess you remember it.