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just before the war the Polish/Ukrainian szlachta learned Ukrainian [243]
interfere with religion, ignore Ukrainian language?
Eventually, a hundred ninety Orthodox churches were destroyed and often abandoned [6] and another one hundred fifty were transformed into Roman Catholic churches.[7]
"legacy of historical Poland, which assiduously skimmed everything that could be considered the cream of the nation, leaving it in a state of oppression and helplessness".[5]
Eventually Polish government proceeded to suppress the Ukrainian language, cultureand religion.
The Poles suppressed the Ukrainian educational system, reducing the number of Ukrainian-language schools from 440 to 8. Higher education became unattainable for Ukrainians in Poland. In the middle schools in Volhynia only 344 (14%) Ukrainians were enrolled in comparison to 2599 Poles (1938). Of the 80 Ukrainians who qualified to continue through to tertiary studies, only 3 were accepted in 1938-1939.[12] Ukrainians were openly discriminated against in the education system. In the 1936/37 academic year only 344 Ukrainians (13.3%)in comparison to 2599 Poles were enrolled in middle school. In the 1938/9 academic year only 6 Ukrainians were accepted for tertiary education[13]. Eventually, many Ukrainians were forced to seek education in institutions outside the country
Quite an
interference and
ignoring... You learnt nothing.
though the leaders of the time thought it a good stratagem in the Russian conflict
So they just
thought that by destroying 190 Ukrainian churches and converting 150 into Roman Catholic was a good stratagem. Can you exactly point out the thought-process behind this statement with trying to erase everything Ukrainian in the background?
So: don't exaggerate by saying that Poles were oppressors which is proven by slaying Poles. German Nazis proved that Poles were slaves by slaying Poles. We were and are neither of those things.
You are confused, Krysia. How by slaying someone you can prove he/she is a slave? ;) It may prove the other way around, actually.
What I told you in November: at the time you were gaining a national Conscience, where you thought about yourselves as Ukrainians, instead as 'from here'
Who was gaining National Conscience in November? Ukrainians were defending their right to have FAIR ELECTIONS, which were rigged in 2004 big time. Does defense of rights immediately mean National Conscience? Did French women, which basically started the French Revolution in 1789, want to make a national conscience check? Or, maybe, they had nothing to feed their kids with that made them go to Paris?! They knew who they are, even if commonality was based on language, same place of residence and just seeing each other often on a neighboring church bench. It wasn't of any importance to them let the world know who they are. They were wronged by the king. The same pertains to many revolutions that occur nowadays. If Ukrainians didn't have a national identity, there won't be so much blood and bones in Ukrainian land.
This was a defining experience for a lot of people.
It was a sign that we don't sleep :)
And that's fine, this is not a peaceful land, there had been wars before.
Well, it definitely is not a land where you can simply come and put your ars* on somebody's head without finding your ars* ripped apart. For other people, who want to live in peace and mutual respect, Ukraine is a welcoming country.
There is also the thing of Soviet regime, you were on the red side, and some red officials in Poland post war were Ukrainian criminals, as well as Jewish criminals. We were ruled by murderers
Would you, please, give me the names of Ukrainian criminals as officials in after-war Poland? Thank you.
I hope you welcome my money.
Yes, money ;)
