History / Chances of Moscow becoming part of Poland again? [102]


Was Poland always a democracy?! Not even at interwar period!

History / Chances of Moscow becoming part of Poland again? [102]


"Sigismund's primary intention was to destroy the Russian state and impose Catholicism with the use of force or terror if necessary."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_III_Vasa

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In 1610 a group of Russian nobles welcomed Polish prince Vladislav on the Russian throne.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Boyars
Russia could become a Polish posession for a while if not at least one problem: It was unthinkable for Russian people to have a heretic (a Roman Catholic) on the Russian throne. However not only Polish king Sigismund prohibited his son Vladislav convert to Orthodox Christianity, but demanded all Russians convert to Catholic faith. Ultimately the war has broke out.

History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]


According to logic a nation needs to think about expansion if its population increases. Who will settle in this regained territories if amount of ethnic Poles is shrinking and even contra, millions of Ukrainians, Vietnamese and others are trying to settle in Poland?

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If Poles afraid to live in Eastern Europe than what poor Japanese suppose to do? Seppuku?!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku
Or Australians? New Zealanders?!

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [656]


What do you think about Ukrainian appearance?

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I'm glad that Ukraine and Moldova started to do an economic successes.

History / What Hitler really thought about Poles? Hitler's letter to Himmler 1944 [111]


What is a use of a large numbers if they are passive and disunited mostly?


They captured Lwow and Vilno, not Warsaw and Gdansk. Those territories were populated by Ukrainians/Belarussians/Lithuanians mostly. Poland couldn't keep them forever all the same unless they would change treatment of the local population. At least they been saved from ethnic cleansings from the side of Nazis, but then subjected to political purges from the side of Stalin.

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How Ukrainians are treated in Poland? Some sources claim they are beaten, abused and even killed sometimes by Polish nationalists...

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Katyn was a meaningless crime.

History / History of Polish-Russian relations [186]


Interesting. Could you provide some citations from his works which indicate that? Did you read his works in Russian or in some Polish interpretation?

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Sorry, but what sort of cannabis do you smoke?

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Thank you. How presently Poles are perceived in US? How many Americans know that it is not Eastern European, but Central European country, etc?

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Sorry, which country are you from?

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thesun.co.uk/news/9013391/nazi-mass-grave-where-3700-men-women-and-children-were-stabbed-shot-and-buried-alive-is-uncovered-in-russia/
Another case:


themoscowtimes.com/2019/11/01/russia-opens-genocide-case-nazi-killings-disabled-children-a68010

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I wouldn't expect it to much. At least not regarding Eastern Europeans.

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Possibly some extensive economic cooperation with Eastern European countries? There could be a lot projects mutually beneficial. And improving relations in general. Investments, loans, etc...

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And now someone's wonder why Eastern Europe is a failed region. What is strange if the best have perished...

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More discoveries are made in Russia of Nazi traces with chilling details. In one instance a large well was found in which the Nazis throwed Russian children. In another case a large excavation of a children was found without any violent death traces (like bullets or bayonets). An experts concluded that Nazis simply buried them alive.

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I have suspicion that many Germans are still looking at all the Slavs from top to bottom and a lot of work has to be done yet to break down stereotypes an improve relations. This is why the past is still important.

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Where this info is from, actually?

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Well, if we count everyone who was taken prisoner from the very beginning of the War, I do not know. I think possibly those estimates were about those POWs in the final stage of the War or even after active stage of the War has ended already.

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Principally both countries could settle it in the form of investments, so both countries profit from it. For example if Daimler Benz opens another factory in Poland why does it suppose to be a pure loss to Germany?

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This is a typical trait of a national Russian/Eastern Slavic character. A mercy to the defeated or captive enemies. A mercy to the foreigners in general. It is estimated that around 96% of German war prisoners were able to return back home from USSR. I think that in part it could be influenced by Orthodox Christianity. In the same time the Nazis starved to death and brutally killed around 3 millions of Soviet POWs. They simply didn't regard them as a humans, inspired by their ideology. They poisoned pieces of food and throwed it on the ground in dirt and enjoyed watching that starved people hungrily ate the food and died in sufferings. They killed people by expelled them naked in the winter or slowly killed them in cold water.

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That is well known. Personally, I believe that no crime against innocent people could be justified, but formally there is some difference by the War crime (those encouraged by govt or commandment policies) and an individual common crime. What is a principal difference whether was common crime committed against German citizens by Soviet soldiers or some immigrants? According to the international traditions we could talk about an individual responsibility in such case only. At the end of War Soviet govt had been forced to conscript criminals from the prisons and camps by promiseing freedom to them.

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Formally, Austria had been occupied by Germany itself, so why would it supposed to pay any reparations?


Why so?

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Germany is under NATO protection. I think nowdays Russia would be in a more favorable position if they would come to an agreement with US and UK in 1945 to make Germany neutral and completely nuke-less (like Austria) than to partition it. And of course they could get a lot of reparations from it.

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A few more millions perished in WW I (started by German Empire) and 10 more millions in Russian Civil War, which would never start likely if not political outcomes of WW I. Germany changed the fate of Russia for most of 20-th century if not forever!

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How many % of a soldiers buried there were rapists do you think? A majority? Typically there is no such thing as a collective responsibility for an individual common crime.

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Possibly some people in Germany regard Russians as an "occupants" nowdays. However Russian soldiers were not able to bring more freedom to Germans that they had themselves. Unless they would revolt against comrade Stalin. Well, at least largest part of Germany (Western) avoided any reparations. And Eastern part did only meager reparations.