Off-Topic / Socialism in 21 century? [96]

I never encountered claims of any well known economist (which would be based on deep analysis and widely collected statistics) that cooperatives are less efficient than sole-owned enterprizes. Do you?

Off-Topic / Socialism in 21 century? [96]


Ukrainians have no propensity for dictatorship. Which country in the World ever willingly returned from official democracy to an absolute monarchy or started to do better under absolute monarchy than under democracy?

A credit union, a type of financial institution similar to a commercial bank, is a member-owned financial cooperative, controlled by its members and operated on a not-for-profit basis. Credit unions generally provide services to members similar to retail banks, including deposit accounts, provision of credit, and other financial services. Worldwide, credit union systems vary significantly in terms of total assets and average institution asset size, ranging from volunteer operations with a handful of members to institutions with hundreds of thousands of members and assets worth billions of US dollars.[4] In 2018, the number of members in credit unions worldwide was 274 million, with nearly 40 million members being added since 2016.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_union

Language / Slavic languages words similarities with Polish [238]


Why in this case they believe that we (Estern Slavs) are beasts of the forest? Joke.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]

I think that both movies "With fire and sword" (1999) and Taras Bulba (2009) are outstanding. So much to think for those who are interested in history.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]

Personally, I don't have something against Poles and believe they are our Slavic brothers.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]


Czaplinski?


Let God them never use the real onces!

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]


I think majority of modern countries cannot allow to have the Churches which go beyond their national borders. Try to imagine, for example, that Russia is a Roman Catholic country and Pope of Rome in order to please Western leaders would came down on Putin with harsh critisizm publically. And would order to disgace him during liturgy every Roman Catholic priest in Russia. Obviously, Russian leaders would want to prevent even such a possibility. Ukraine decided to break out of Russian Church administratively after it gained independence and political disagreements with Russia started to increase.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]


You take it too personally...

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]

Still, I think both novel and movie are impressive. History could be harsh, but we need to know it, to avoid repiting an old mistakes.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]


Which exacly scenes were not in Gogol's novel? The only I can remember, when Poles mortally wounded wife of Taras Bulba and plundered his village (chutor). Do you think there were not such Polish raids in history? Remember attack on Bogdan Khmelnitski's chutor Subotiv.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subotiv

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]


Don't you like Gogol novel? What's wrong with the movie?

History / Why did Hitler call Poles Half Jews? [98]


Wrong. The swastika, which is found on Slavic and Baltic patterns (on embroidery and ornaments of weapons and armor), has pronounced features of the solar cult.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balto-Slavic_swastika

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]

I think that Eastern European countries could hardly become Roman Catholic neither in Middle Ages or later time. I can hardly imagine a priest in every distant Russian or Ukrainian village who speaks Latin. And what Roman Catolic liturgy is it, if it isn't held in Latin?! Also, Russian Empire and USSR would harly tolerate it for political reasons. To have the head of the national Church who resides in a hostile WESTERN Vatican?! Currently even Moscow and Keiv headed Churches cannot easily tolerate each other in Ukraine for political reasons.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]


Do you think in Russia bishops are appointed by Putn?! Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches have several important differences including theological views. For example in Roman Catholic virgin Mary is vorshiped as an Absolute Saint, while in Orthodox she is not. Roman Cathotholic believe that every Pope of Rome is an Absolute Saint by difinition etc.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]


Honestly I don't know. I'm not an expert on Orthodox church political position. It is the first time I hear something like this. I think that majority of modern Orthodox parishioners either. In difference from Roman Catholic the Orthodox church is not united under one head. Almost each country has its own independent Church. In Ukraine there is a Church with the head in Moscow and a separate Church with the head in Kiev. But under current tendencies Islam, probably will become a central religion everywhere in Europe. Will it put an end to religious conflicts between Christians?

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]


I didn't claim they do.

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]

What do you think about Russian movie "Taras Bulba 2009"? I think it was great. Gogol was a geniuos writer and main actor Bogdan Stupka was a genious actor. Unfortunately there is no high-resolution version of this movie either in English or Polish in youtube. But it is must to see for everyone who is interest in Polish-Ukrainian history and Russian classical literature. I wonder, why no one still translated this masterpiece either in English or Polish?!

Version in Russian:
youtube.com/watch?v=A8RuH_L4Hg4

Version in Russian (low resolution) with English subtitles:
youtube.com/watch?v=bWGQw0RgvIo&list=PL312563051A8E8154

News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [637]

I think Polish-Ukrainian history was sad. Who was guilty in it? Could it be complitely different? Could they become brothers? Could they forgive each other and become at least friends?

History / Why Poland is not Russia [194]


In Canada, it seems.

History / Why Poland is not Russia [194]


Ores are inexpensive. They need a lot of ore only to produce a lot of tanks to protect a lot of ore. The circle is complete.

I wouldn't be supprised if Ukrainian economy will start to do better after Russian annexion. Surprise, surprise...

History / Why Poland is not Russia [194]

Ukraine will consume more Russian money than will bring in. Just like it happened in Crimea. Russia will need to supply cheap oil and gas to Ukraine like in the old good times.

History / Why Poland is not Russia [194]


Putin said: Russians and Ukrainians are one people.
apnews.com/article/entertainment-oliver-stone-europe-russia-ukraine-3fe3ff2299994fae97825381765b831c
No Polish president ever said it about Ukrainians and Poles.

History / Why Poland is not Russia [194]

I didn't want to citate personally you. Originally it wasn't your citation about Chechnya, etc.


What do you think have happened in Chechnya? Russia didn't annex any part of Georgia or Donbass area, so where is the expansion there? Or you've meant a "puppet states" theme?

History / Why Poland is not Russia [194]


What do you think have happened in Chechnya? Russia didn't annex any part of Georgia or Donbass area, so where is the expansion there? Or you've meant a "puppet states" theme?

History / Why Poland is not Russia [194]


What is the total area of all these areas combined? And what % of total Russian area is it? An EMIREAL EXPANSION?

Genealogy / Typical Polish Eye Color [77]


Possibly in Balkans only.


Men not too often.

History / Why Poland is not Russia [194]


I will be glad if at least one country in the world raises these values to absolute.

History / Why Poland is not Russia [194]


I don't feel like they are trying to do it in the last 33 years. Doubtfull... Poland is quite large and do not even border Russia, save Kaliningrad anclave.

History / Why Poland is not Russia [194]


Probably only by small blood and small losses... And far not all of it. Maybe only Belarus and Eastern Ukraine.

I think majority of Russians would regect proposal unite any non-Slavic country to Russia even if this country itself will do such proposal. Even a former USSR republic like Kazakstan. But they regard Belarussians and Eastern Ukrainians as a parts of a greater Russian nation.