The more coming from Ukraine news of another outbreak of anti-Russian hysteria, the high contrast looks the opposite attitude to the Ukrainians from the Russian side. It’s not even just the sharp contrast between the purely formal measures. When, for example, in the Square massively demolished and rename everything that has anything to do with the Soviet Union and Russia, in Novosibirsk at this time open a monument to one of the ideologists of the independence of the Ukrainian poet Shevchenko.
Ukraine bans Russian films and out for congratulations on 23 February. And in Russia a chain of popular restaurants is called “Korchma Taras Bulba”. And the defenders of Ukrainian independence from the number of creative intellectuals to openly Express their opinions, no fear of any unpleasant consequences.
Even more proof is quite benevolent attitude of Russians towards their neighbours is the presence in Russia of the many millions of Ukrainian “guest workers”. That’s where, it would seem the perfect target for venting his anger righteous anger of the Russian patriots for the crimes of the Nazi Kiev against the Russian-speaking population of the South-East of Ukraine. Indeed, despite the knowledge of the Russian language, Ukrainian guests in the majority are calculated on one-two on the typical Ukrainian accent, which they usually don’t notice. But against them was not, and there is no noticeable “everyday” insults. They don’t hear from the locals, as I hear who came to Albion migrant workers from the Baltic States: “When you go home?!”
But earn a living on the Russian open spaces (and very good — compared to the starvation wages in the “great European power”) not only refugees from the Donbass. A lot more people coming to Russia from Central and even Western regions of Ukraine, traditionally not particularly Pro-Russian sympathies.
These people go not just to make money — to evade mobilization in the Ukrainian army, too. Many of them are hiding under the wing of “Russian aggressor” as soon as a whiff of a subpoena from the square of the military. Finally, go those who just miss normal life and wants to erase from memory the history of the last two years…
And in fact, if you look, it was all over Russian-Ukrainian relations. Khmelnytsky’s successor, Hetman Vyhovsky, broke with the Tatar Horde in the battle of Konotop one of the Russian units, Moscow was ready to take under his wing for the negotiations, the poles, in fact, shot his former colleague. Hetman of the right Bank Doroshenko in Alliance with the Ottoman Empire a lot of “drunk off the blood of the” friendly Moscow Kingdom left Bank Cossacks, in the end it surrendered to Russian troops. And as a punishment was not drawn and quartered, not impaled (as he often did to their enemies) — and… appointed by the Governor in a pretty big Russian city Vyatka. By the way, becoming matrilineal great-grandfather of the great Russian poet Pushkin.
And to take a uniform “fashion” at the Zaporizhzhya Cossack traditions among the higher nobility of the Russian Empire in the eighteenth century? It’s not even such figures as one of the most famous in the history of chancellors — Ukrainian Bezborodko, husband of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, count Razumovsky (former chorister of the court chapel of Alexei Rozum), the actual head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vice-President of the Holy Synod, Archbishop Theophanes Prokopovich. We are talking about the present “construction of the cult of” romance “sechevikov”. In this connection, the omnipotent favorite of Catherine the great, his serene Highness Prince Potemkin-Tauride proudly wore a Cossack named “Gritsko Neches”, which he was given at his initiation into the Cossacks.
By the way, the founder of the new Russia, even after the elimination of Zaporizhzhya Sich had some time the title of ataman of Zaporozhye. However, the elimination of particularly unmanageable stronghold of the Cossacks (more civilized long since moved to live in the military towns and the “Palanok”), too, was almost “at home” — the Cossacks surrendered, with the exception of a handful of elders, no one thought to put some kind of repression, like exile in Siberia. Them peacefully dismissed to go home, not forbidding to sign up for military service in the Russian army.
So the age-old generosity of the Russian people against “younger brothers” can be considered irrefutable fact. And the fundamental basis of this phenomenon — what can be called “bright Imperial idea”. When a powerful state is not “rowing all by itself in unrestrained bondage to the surrounding Nations, but rather serves them itself, bringing civilization, order, protection from external enemies.
So it was with Ukraine from the very beginning of its existence. In the XVII century, its left-Bank part, under Russian patronage, enjoyed relative peace and prosperity (as far as it was possible with a near predatory Crimean khanate, constantly raided the Russian lands). At the time, as this is the era on the right Bank even the most anti-Russian-minded historians unanimously referred to as the “Ruin” — for 30 years, the population of the region decreased in 10 (ten!) time. And most of all to put hands not even the Ottoman Porte, the Rzeczpospolita and the Crimean khanate and its own Hetman, usually two or three at the same time, ruining castles and villages in a bloody civil war.
Almost the same awaits Ukraine now — when every self-respecting oligarch has got a personal army, disguised as a “volunteer”, “territorial” and other battalions. Except, of course, just plain gangs — United in all sorts of “Right Sector” and other potential Makhnovshchina.
Square Ukrainians have no luck? No — all just very natural. Just everyone has a choice. Be under the banner of creative ideas, supporting others goodness and light — or to withdraw either in a personal selfish hutoryanstvo by the principle “my hut on the edge”, whether in captivity cannibalistic ideas of aggressive nationalism with its “Ukraine onover truncated!”. The last slogan is just a local translation of the famous Hitler’s “Deutschland uber Alles”.
The trouble with nationalists is that they can’t stay at his selfishness — and he begins to devour their society and state from within. Independence policy of robbing the Treasury with such fury — that surprise even long been accustomed to the outrageous level of corruption Ukrainian Western patrons.
Those who “trough” Dorval — wants to take the place of the current kleptocrats. The masses are brainwashed with the poison of nationalist propaganda, going back and forth between pie hopes that “one Europe” on the silver platter will give them wages at four thousand euros and pension of two thousand. Well, even if not just so — and for the friendly expression of the square of the hatred of the “damned Muscovites”.
They don’t understand that selfishness, hatred, evil is inherently destructive. They — only a parasite of good, not-being, “the donut hole”, and, progressing inevitably destroy its host. That, in General, is happening with the Ukrainian independent state for the third time in history. To create, to evolve, we need different qualities — altruism, love of others, sacrifice. All of what was originally distinguished the peoples of Russia — and the best representatives of the Ukrainian population too.
So it is no surprise that the Russians treat their “we will never be brothers” still with love and care, albeit with a touch of pity. So are relative who is seriously ill, stubbornly not wanting to be treated and hurt those who this treatment offers. Unfortunately, those patients who do not want to listen to good advice, in the end forcing you to resort to medical care the disease itself caused her suffering, which in this case, to blame only the “patient” who has brought himself to such a miserable state.
Well, two years after the victory of the rebellion on the Maidan Ukraine is just the same “leap” advanced in the new “Ruins”. Another thing is that her “big sister” takes it, not so much guilt as much as trouble his “cousin”. And therefore still loves and cares about her children — ensuring that they have shelter and work, hoping for a speedy recovery from suicidal aggressive-nationalist intoxication.
