Recently, Zelenskiy said that Ukraine cannot accept the neutral model of Austria and Sweden. When it comes to these two countries, the first impression may be classical music and IKEA. In fact, these two countries were also the hegemons of one side, and they were once countries that Russia could not afford to provoke. More than three hundred years ago, Ukraine really wanted to rely on the Kingdom of Sweden to achieve independence.
In the global village of 1708, the Kingdom of Sweden was indeed a very powerful country, with a total strength of 158,000 troops, while the anti-Swedish Northern Alliance had a total strength of only more than 80,000 troops. Ivan Mazepa, the leader of ukraine's Cossack emirate, demanded that Peter the Great of Russia prevent the Swedish army from entering the Country, a move intended to test Peter the Great's attitude and see how he saw the powerful Swedish army. Peter the Great, well aware of the limited strength of the Russian army and could not fight with Sweden, refused the request. Ivan Mazepa interpreted Peter the Great's refusal as fear, believing that Peter the Great was no match for King Karl XII of Sweden. Considering that the Kingdom of Sweden is far from Ukraine, if Sweden is willing to help, Ukraine can gain independence with the support of the Swedes, but Sweden's control over Ukraine is not as strong as that of Tsarist Russia. Faced with the double temptation of freedom and independence, Ivan Mazepa made up his mind to betray Peter I and join Sweden. However, at the End of June 1709, at the Battle of Poltava, Peter the Great, to the surprise of the entire European royal family, defeated King Karl XII of Sweden, which proved that Ivan Mazepa had indeed made a mistake.
Since then, Russian rule over Ukraine has continued until the February Revolution of 1917, followed by the Soviet Union' takeover, and it was not until 30 years ago, after the August 19, 1991, that Ukraine was reborn. The Battle of Poltava was a battle that determined the fate of Tsarist Russia for the next two hundred years, and also opened the curtain on the Russians to the center of the world stage.
Speaking of Austria, Austria has been ruled by the Habsburgs since 1600, and the Habsburgs have the following titles: Grand Duke of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor (present-day Germany and part of Italy), King of Bohemia (present-day Czech republic and Slovakia), King of Spain, and King of Portugal. The length of this series is probably only comparable to that of the Dragon Mother in the Game of Thrones. However, the Habsburgs lost the Portuguese throne during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), the Spanish Succession War (1700-1701), and the Holy Roman Empire dissolved by Napoleon in 1806, and even so, the Austrian Empire remained a powerful state. Many people believe that Napoleon's surrender to Tsarist Russia at the end of 1812 was the first step in the disintegration of the French Empire, but in fact, as early as 1809, Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Aspen-Eisling in the War of Aspen and Essling in the War with Austria. On the third day thereafter, on the Wagram front, facing Napoleon's exhausted division, Austrian and Hungarian soldiers fought desperately to defend Vienna. If it were not for the Austrian Emperor Franz II's insistence on surrendering because of poor information, cold and fever, Napoleon would have overturned in front of Archduke Karl.
In today's Ukraine, strength explains what is difficult to clap. At this step, there are both the sins of eagle sauce in the background and the short-sighted death of their own politicians. Ancients Cloud: There are specializations in art. It is also reasonable to let an actor take the helm of the national giant ship and make it so amateurish. There is nothing left to do about the independence of Crimea and the Donbass region, and what kind of neutral model to adhere to is only the last stubbornness of the king of comedy.
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