History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [98]


It would be not a bad idea for USSR to ally with Poland, but only from a retrospective point of view. Because how could they know back then that Germany going to attack them after they will swallow Poland? Enter in terrible war with Germany and loose dozens of millions of its own citizens just to protect Poland? Also we can't know how the Western Powers would react if USSR would be the first to attack Germany even under excuse of Poland protection. And if USSR would be able to count for their supplies in this case.

History / Occupation of Eastern Poland in 1939 [98]


That's true. But what USSR would be expected to do if we assume it would be a normal, reasonable country? If it would abstain from division of Poland and Baltic states, then all the prize would go to Nazis. What US, for example would do on USSR place?

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


According to international standards in order for government to renounce something officially, an extensive court processes need to take the place on which proves and evidence have to be provided. Exactly like it took place in Nuremberg, Germany.

History / MAP OF POLAND IN 1880'S [95]

This map doesn't seem to be correct. Siberia, Caucasus and Central Asia were parts of Russian Empire in 1880-th.

Off-Topic / Ukraine, Belarus, Russia in EU in 2030? [105]


Why stop just at that?

Off-Topic / Ukraine, Belarus, Russia in EU in 2030? [105]


Do you think their economies are too weak to even get close?

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

When I lived in Ukraine decades ago I didn't remark there would be a cult of anyone in Ukraine. The vast majority of population was and is obsessed with completely different daily problems. For example SURVIVAL.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

I think Slovenian may take the third place among Slavic languages in sense of beauty after Russian and Ukrainian. What do you think about that? I like Slovenian culture too. Do you think one day Ukraine may borrow culture from Western Slavs?

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


Slovenia? (I don't care about their difference from Russia in particular).

Off-Topic / Russophiles can no longer defend their beloved Russians. [84]


And what are those differences? It would be glad if you would include in comparison some other Slavic countries like Ukraine.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]


Not only Poland. Lot of Ukrainians also worked in Czech republic or Slovakia or visited them. Those are even better examples. Not forget also uniqueness of the Balkan Slavs.

Genealogy / Mongolian the Golden Horde - do Poles have Mongolian ancestry? [256]


Is there any reliable info source which could prove this statement?

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]

Merged:

The future of Polish-Ukrainian relations

How do you see the future of Polish-Ukrainian relations? Do you want to see them improved and contacts increased or you prefer do not see any change? Is there any tensions between Poles and Ukrainians in Poland or some irritation toward Ukrainians?

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


What about mumbo-jumbo?

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

According to some Russian info sources (I'm not sure it is absolutely reliable, but still I think the info is likely correct) Ukrainian ministry of education and science issued "anti-discriminatory measures" in 2018 and decided to eradicate from Ukrainian textbooks an offensive words such as negry (a neutral word in Ukrainian and Russian for a black Africans), cyganie (a neutral word for the gipsy) and zhydy (a neutral word in Ukrainian and Polish for Jews). In Russian this word was neutral too, before the beginning of the 20-th century, but later was displaced by the Bolsheviks from Russian language for some strange reasons, possibly as imaginably offensive by somebody.

Also (what is the most strange) such words as "the parents", "the family" "the relatives" and similar are also became undesirable. To explain why ministry of education murmurs something about poor orphans in Donetsk who may feel discriminated.

I wonder how much normal and regular Ukrainians are going to laugh about that. Also I wonder why Americans export in Central and Eastern Europe their mental problems...

I think that the very idea of some "prohibited words" which cannot be said in public and regarded as "offensive" is unacceptable and is a dangerous advance against freedom of speech. Also I'm very cautious about responsibility for saying any words or any kind of insults. At least for the reason of controversy and vagueness and false accusations and "witnesses" which can spark an ethnic conflict or "discredit" an innocent person at ease.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

@Dougpol1
Why people suppose to care in 21 century which word is "offensive" for someone or not? Freedom of speech! Central or Eastern Europe doesn't care about US created weirdness!

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]

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Murzyn (Polish pronunciation: [muʐɨn]) is the most common Polish word for a black person. It is generally seen as a neutral word,[1] while other contemporary critics, mostly of non-Polish ethnicity, claim that it has pejorative connotations.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murzyn

In Russia, the term негр (negr) was commonly used in the Soviet period without any negative connotation, and its use continues in this neutral sense. In modern Russian media, the negr is used somewhat less frequently. Chyorny as an adjective is also used in a neutral sense, and conveys the same meaning as negr, as in чёрные американцы (chyornye amerikantsy, "black Americans"). Other alternatives to negr are темнокожий (temnokozhy, "dark-skinned"), чернокожий (chernokozhy, "black-skinned"). These two are used as both nouns and adjectives. See also Afro-Russian.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*****#Elsewhere

Just for your future knowledge.

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]

Well, in my understanding to threat to Poland Russia needs to occupy whole Ukraine or Belarus first of all. Do you think it is realistic even by itself? Or you expect they are planning their invasion through Baltic sea and small Kaliningrad enclave? Still, I think Poland has try whatever possible to secure their defense and strengthen its army like any other normal country do. I'm just a bit cautious about all this military blocks and possible war hysteria that may lead to unpredictable consequences.

History / What is Poles opinion on Intermarium (Międzymorze)? [188]

1) And what kind of cooperation between Poles and Ukrainians or Poland and Ukraine do you suggest?

2) And what are the difference between Russians and Ukrainians do you think?

History / What is Poles opinion on Intermarium (Międzymorze)? [188]

With Ukrainians? Really??

Off-Topic / Russophiles can no longer defend their beloved Russians. [84]


Beside the politics. Regarding Hitler appearance. Some sources claim he was at least 170 cm tall (some even claim 175) what was not shorter than average for his time. Take note that in the last 100 years European men gained 11 cm. So for the end of 19-th century when he grew up his stature wasn't something out of common and the average. Some sources claimed he had bleu eyes. Regarding hair color. We don't know what was his hair color in childhood, but often hair tends to get darker with age. For example I was born redhead, but my heair turned chocolate color (almost black) when I grew older.

Off-Topic / Russophiles can no longer defend their beloved Russians. [84]

Ukrainians, Belarussians?

Off-Topic / Russophiles can no longer defend their beloved Russians. [84]


Can you specify? Asia is a huge continent in which people of different races live. Such as Arabs, Turkish, Persians, Chines, Hindus, etc.
Many of them do not even look alike...
Can you post here photos of some famous Russians who look Asian?

Off-Topic / Russophiles can no longer defend their beloved Russians. [84]


And who?

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

Yes, please, what do you wish to know?


In difference from US Canada hardly have any government grants and programs for batteries and EVs development. Li-ion are too expensive and bulky. We need an alternative to make an affordable plug-in hybrid reality.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]

@delphiandomine
And which exactly collaboration do I advocate? What do you mean under "collaboration"?

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]


Russians sacrificed lives millions of its own soldiers at the end of war and to significant extent their lives were sacrificed for a sake of German civilians. To save lives millions of German people. At the end of war Russians had complete superiority in air and didn't even had a real need to engage in extensive terrestrial combat. They could just burn all the Eastern German cities with fire bombs (like Americans did to Hamburg and Dresden), kill all the population with chemical bombs, destroy all the dams on the rivers and drown all the people in Berlin and in one word to kill anything that moves from the air. And you have to be greatfull they didn't do it to you grand parents.

What is a point to talk about collective responsibility of people for doing a COMMON CRIMES? Some of them did, some not. The was no any order of higher Soviet commandment which would encourage or justify any oppressions toward German civilians. Not even medium level commandment is known for this. Even contra some Soviet soldiers been shot for this. With the same success you can make statements like this: "A numerous immigrants who live in Germany raped many German women during the last decades". What would be any point of it?!

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

Currently the largest problem is price and longevity of the batteries. A small innovative companies and inventors not always have funds.
I've patented an innovative type of supercapacitor 1.5 years ago, but still wasn't able to developed it into a commercial product. I think it could be used in EV's too. There is simply no accessible government or private programs for this.