Huskies and polar bears have a century-old feud, why do they hate each other, and where is the way?

Historically, many countries have had unclear feuds between them, such as China and Japan in East Asia and Germany and France in Europe. The war that broke out between them directly advanced the course of history. But Turkey and Russia are second to none in terms of the number of wars, their length, and their complex grievances. Since the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, Russia and Turkey have fought fourteen wars, an average of 40 years. Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Turkish Empire in particular competed for life and death around the Caucasus, Crimea, and the Balkans. Tsarist Russia attacked the city strategically, directly beating the Ottoman Empire into the sick man of Europe. If it were not for the British Empire in the position of containing the global expansion of Tsarist Russia, the Tsar would have drunk the Mediterranean and controlled the soft belly of Europe. So, let's take a look at it now, what is the contradiction between this wrongdoer? Can't look at each other.

The first must be religious vendettas. Originated in the Ottoman Empire of the Seljuk Turks, it embraced Islam. Inspired by God, it expanded westward and southward along Central Asia, almost replicating the size of the Arab Empire. In particular, the Ottoman Empire conquered the Eastern Roman Empire and transformed Constantinople, the spiritual homeland of Christianity, into Istanbul. This is a major blow to the Western world. Especially in Orthodox countries. Their gods are gone, and the pagans are advancing. For them, it is tantamount to the extinction of the country. The Ottoman army rolled through the Balkans and advanced all the way to the city of Vienna. In the end, it was stopped by the strong resistance of the West. In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire was an invincible behemoth. He controlled the traditional East-West trade routes, forcing Europe to find new routes and buy ceramic spice silks from the East.

The Orthodox spiritual homeland has fallen, how to continue to live? Who can hold up the orthodox banner? That is our other protagonist, Tsarist Russia. Russia has long converted to orthodoxy. As far back as the time of Kievan Rus', he was baptized by Orthodox priests and officially became an Orthodox parish. In 1472, Sophia, the last Byzantine princess, married Ivan III, Grand Duke of Moscow. The Tsar took over the torch of the Roman Empire and became known as the Third Rome. Since then, he has presented himself as a protector of the Orthodox Christians. The liberation of Orthodox Christians from Ottoman oppression has always been a pretext for Russian expansion in the Balkans. To this end, we fought turkey to the death.

The second is geopolitics and territorial contention. The Mediterranean Sea was the center of the ancient world. Europe and Asia were also the historical home of the ancient world. Eurasian interactions have always been orderly or disorderly, through war or commerce. The Byzantine Empire was at the center of Eurasian exchanges, and Constantinople was known as the pearl of the ancient world. Now that Byzantium has fallen, Constantinople has become Istanbul. The Silk Road on the East-West Traffic Avenue was largely cut off. The reconquest of Constantinople has always been the spiritual quest of Christendom. Russia is the best at the top.

As the most extensive country in the world, Russia's territory was greatly expanded by sword. Peter the Great, the father of the Russian nation, left a testament: find the sea and conquer the world. Generation after generation of tsars have been the successors of the former servants. From the plains of Eastern Europe, from east to west to south, it stretches like an octopus throughout Eurasia. Except for the uninhabited Siberia. Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and East Asia have all faced formidable rivals. The enemy in Central Asia is Turkey.

Since Suleiman the Great, the Ottoman Empire has been in a state of decline and collapse. Defeated by the Habsburg Empire in the Mediterranean, and hammered by the Russian Empire in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Especially in the catherine era, the Russian military forward has advanced all the way, successively including Crimea, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. The Black Sea almost became the inland sea of the Russian Empire, as far as the key Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, if controlled by these two places. Russia's Black Sea Fleet was able to advance out of the Mediterranean and reach Western Europe.

As the hegemon of the world situation, the British Empire certainly would not let Tsarist Russia succeed. He united with France to defeat Tsarist Russia in Crimea, locked Russia's strength in the Black Sea, and forced Tsarist Russia to sign a strait agreement. It allowed the British Navy to pass through the Black Sea Strait in wartime and deter Russia. Unwilling to accept defeat, Russia endured humiliation and burdens, implemented the reform of serfdom, and accumulated strength. In the decades that followed, the situation in Europe was shaken, and Germany, as the new hegemon of the continent, flourished. It must not only dominate Europe, but also remove Britain from its place and replace it. Britain and Russia once again faced a common enemy, the Entente against Germany. During World War I, Germany and Turkey allied, and Britain and Russia secretly agreed that after the war, Turkey would be disposed of by the Tsar. Russia is one last step away from ruling Constantinople. Of course, man is not as good as heaven, and as a result of the First World War, two hostile empires were destroyed.

Even so, Istanbul, which controls Dardanelle and the Bosphorus, has always been one of the world's strategic points, the key to the struggle for sea and land power. Turkey, which has such a god-given place, will naturally become the object of the great powers.

Third, there is a contradiction between spheres of influence and leadership. This stems from Russia's weakness after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Stanese and Caucasus regions of Central Asia were the homeland and sphere of influence of Ottoman Turkey. Same as the religion of Turkey, the language is similar. Taking advantage of Turkic history and memory, Turkey frequently interacted with Central Asian countries and held several Turkic World Congresses in an attempt to establish the image of big brother. Some radicals in Turkey attempted to annex Central Asia and Xinjiang to create a Turkic Empire that straddled West Asia and Central Asia. This clashes with Russia's Central Asian policy. Central Asia has always been Russia's ban on the beak. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the most radical were those small countries in Eastern Europe, such as the three Baltic states, Ukraine, Belarus, etc., and the Central Asian countries were actually reluctant to disintegrate. After all, in the Soviet Empire, they ate and drank well, and had no other pursuits. Therefore, he has a deep affection for Russia's big brother, the Central Asian countries, and is also a supporter of Russia's collective security organization.

If Russia wants to restore its status as a great power, it must rely on the central Asian countries. Especially at present, Russia has torn its face with the West and is caught in an all-out military confrontation. The support of the Central Asian countries is a heart-strengthening agent for Russia. It may be inevitable to win over former brothers and rebuild the Soviet Union. After all, Russia is now completely detached from the Western economic, financial and technological system. Building another international system and confronting the West is the only way out.

The Turkish character, a bit intriguing. This swinging country that has been in the West for decades but has never been truly accepted. Often seeking benefits between the United States and Russia. It is not excluded that Turkey will reconcile with Russia or act as a bridge between Russia and the West.