It's really big
This is my first public account article, why did I choose this topic? It was the war in the far west, which, although it had lasted eight months, seemed to show no signs of ending. From the global attention on February 24 to today's "aesthetic fatigue" and "no one cares", the devil knows how long it will last. I wanted to start writing, but because of human inertia, it dragged on for eight months with the war. (This is my article posted on WeChat in November 2022, and it was moved to the headlines today)
To say that the country that hurts China the most and threatens the most, it may not be Japan, Japan's current illegal occupation of Chinese land is only the Ryukyu Islands, Diaoyu Islands, Chiwei Yu and other islands and reefs, which Japan calls "Okinawa", and over time people subconsciously believe that Ryukyu is Japan's territory. In fact, according to Article 8 of the Potsdam Proclamation, "the conditions of the Cairo Declaration shall be fulfilled, and Japan's sovereignty shall be limited to Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and such other small islands as we may determine." At present, there are people all over the world who support the "Ryukyu Kingdom Restoration" movement, and there are also advocates of autonomy or the implementation of one country, two systems, and because they have long been influenced by southern Chinese culture, their customs and habits are somewhat different from Japanese culture. In 1972, the U.S. military transferred the Ryukyu Islands to Japanese trusteeship (sovereignty did not belong to Japan). Therefore, from the perspective of international law, Japan did not occupy an inch of China's land. The reason why ordinary people hate Xiao Xiao the most is the invasion of China in the sixty or seventy years since the Meiji Restoration, which has killed tens of millions of Chinese and plundered countless wealth.
"Song of the Seven Sons" We are a string of pearls held by the East China Sea, Ryukyu is my group brother, and I am Taiwan. Give me a command, Mother! I'm coming back!
And what about the United States? Probably not. Because geographically it is too far away, economically speaking, no one can do without anyone now. Even Afghanistan, Iraq cannot be occupied, not to mention Greater China? The United States is now mainly to contain China, not to see China unfavorably, it is only aimed at the second old, after replacing Britain, whoever is the second will hit whom, Germany, Soviets, small days, it is better to be, not China's exclusive treatment. Although the United States cannot swallow China, it always wants to break up, as it did in 1991.
Didn't you write about old Maozi? Why did you come up and talk about Sam and the Wakoku? Because things always have to be compared, always have to find references, or things can't be explained. Then Russia is not like the first two for China, and the first two simply summarize that Japan's nature is to annex us, but its strength does not allow it, and the land does not rely on it. The United States is too far away.
Only Russia and China, both sides are the largest neighbors of each other, the border is long, from Peter the Great for more than three hundred years, the encroachment on China's territory until the collapse of the Soviet Union is really over, of course, this is not its intention, in the end it is still not strong. How much land has been plundered, I believe that friends with a little historical knowledge are familiar with it, and I will not repeat it.
Let's just talk about a "Yellow Russia Plan"--- which was a plan of the nineteenth-century Russian Tsar Nicholas II to invade China, that is, to draw a straight line from the Chogory Peak on the Sino-Russian border in Xinjiang to Vladivostok, and all the land north of this area was assigned to Russia. Isn't it scary? I briefly looked at the map, if the conspiracy succeeds, then Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and the three eastern provinces will all be taken away, and another three or four million will be gone. So in World War II and the current Russian-Ukrainian war, Russian soldiers with many yellow faces are easy to understand.
Fortunately, during the February Revolution in Russia during World War I, the Russian Empire was overthrown, and this attempt did not completely succeed.
Yellow Russia Line
By the way, the end of this Nicholas II, after the October Revolution in Russia, his family was secretly executed by the Bolsheviks in July 1918, and there was no one from the line of Nicholas II. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ye the Great and Pu the Great ordered to search for their descendants through DNA, but they were not found. In 2008, Russia's Supreme Court formally rehabilitated Nicholas II, declaring that his family was victims of Soviet repression, which is also considered masturbation. But from a Chinese standpoint, maybe it's a blessing...
Whoever lets the double-headed eagle target, there will be big trouble
Russia, the double-headed eagle, wants to stare at the land of the East, and even more so at the land of the West, and its crimes against the countries of Eastern Europe are even more innumerable. The first is the three orchids (Ukraine, Poland, Finland), why Russia and Ukraine fought a lot, although there is another eagle provocation factor, but the deeper reason is since the 1932-1933 famine, in order to quickly promote the industrialization of the Soviet Union, the steel father chased the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and ruthlessly plundered the union republics, especially in Ukraine, which was rich in materials, and even seed grain was not left for the people, and grain exports were exchanged for foreign exchange to buy industrial machinery. The number of people who died of starvation and disease during this period is still a mystery, and it has been verified online by multiple sources that it is at least three million (91.3% Ukrainian). By the way, Ukrainian intellectuals, writers and other national cultural elites with nationalist views were purged.
In October 2003, the Committee to Commemorate the Holodomor in Ukraine met in Viacenzza, Italy, and signed a statement demanding that the Italian Government and the European Parliament recognize the Holodomor in Ukraine as a systematic genocide against the Ukrainian nation. On November 22, 2014, Ukrainians held a ceremony in Kiev to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his wife attended the memorial ceremony.
Speaking of which, it is easy to understand this war, although this is not the whole factor, but the most important factor. Hate can be buried deeply, but N years later, when the time comes, it will also erupt.
Man-made disasters
Ukrainian leaders commemorate those who died of famine
This is followed by Poland. There is a proverb that goes like this: too far from heaven, too close to Soud. Wheelflips have been ravaged by two rough men for hundreds of years, and here we are only talking about Russia. Limited to space, I will briefly describe two events: First, the Katyn massacre, an organized massacre of captured Polish prisoners of war, intellectuals, police and other civil servants in April-May 1940 by the NKVD, the secret police of the Soviet Union, with the approval of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Some 22,000 Polish soldiers, intellectuals, politicians, and public officials were killed by Soviet troops. In 1943, Nazi Germany, where the bodies of Polish servicemen were found, claimed that the killings were carried out by the Soviet Union, which was denied by the Soviet Union.
It was not until April 13, 1990, when Polish President Jaruzelski visited the Soviet Union, that the Soviet Union officially admitted full responsibility for the Katyn incident, calling it "one of the serious crimes of Stalinism"; In April 2010, then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the release of historical documents on the Katyn incident in Russia's possession, which was the first time that Russia made public materials related to the Katyn incident. I admitted it myself, and I didn't say anything.
Katyn Massacre Monument
Second, the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, simply put, the Warsaw army and people made a secret agreement with the Soviet army in advance, the Warsaw army and people revolted in the city, the Soviet army attacked from outside the city, and the inside and outside should cooperate to liberate Warsaw. But when the uprising began, the Soviets sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, allowing the Germans to slaughter Warsaw soldiers and civilians. The Warsaw Uprising lasted for a month, and eventually turned into a unilateral "slaughter" by the German army, with heavy losses to the Polish National Army, more than 20,000 casualties, and 16,000 surrendered, and the main force was almost completely destroyed. Warsaw's Old Town was completely bombed to ruins, the city was deprived of water and food, a total of 200,000 Warsaw citizens died in this uprising, and the surviving 100,000 were sent by Germany to serve hard labor. The elite Belorussian Front of the Soviet army was close at hand, but for a whole month, the Soviets watched Warsaw turn into a sea of fire across the Vistula River, hardly dispatched any help, and even the plane did not bother to take off. Not only that, but the Soviet Union also refused to allow Britain and the United States to use airfields on their own territory to drop weapons on Warsaw.
But for a long time after the war, Poland belonged to the socialist camp, and these old accounts were temporarily forgotten. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the whole of Eastern Europe turned to the West, and the demonization of the Soviet Union and Russia was the main ideology exported from Western Europe, so it is understandable that Poland became the vanguard of anti-Russia. This is also a good understanding of Poland's commotion in this Russian-Ukrainian war, it wants to take back the territory that the Father of Steel cut off from it, and then the land that was transferred to Ukraine...
"Warsaw in Blood" poster
Finland again was Finland, in 1808 in the Finnish War, Sweden was defeated in the war with Russia, Finland was occupied by the troops of Russian Tsar Alexander I, after which Finland seceded from Sweden and became an autonomous grand duchy within the Russian Empire, and the Tsar doubled as Grand Duke until 1917. But independence was declared after the October Revolution.
During World War II, Finland fought the Soviet Union twice: the Winter War of 1939~1940 and the Continuation War of 1941~1944. In this war, the Finnish military and people united against the aggressors, which can not be described as "singing and crying", although the defeat is glorious. Inflicted heavy losses on the Soviet army, with about 200,000 casualties and 2,000 tanks. Finnish veterans often boasted that one Finnish soldier fell in exchange for the lives of 10 Soviet soldiers. After the war, a Soviet Red Army general said sadly: "In this war, we received 57,000 square kilometers of land, which is enough to bury our fallen comrades." "Although it achieved absolute advantages on the battlefield, the difference in national strength was so great that Finland lost about 10% of its territory. It deepened the contradictions between the Soviets and Finlands and stirred up anti-Soviet sentiment among the Finns.
However, after the end of World War II, it long pursued a "positive policy of peace and neutrality" of maintaining good-neighborly and friendly relations with the Soviet Union, not intervening in major power conflicts, and developing friendly relations with other countries. Of course, this was also forced by the Soviet Union's coercion. This has also created an external peaceful environment for the country for more than 70 years, allowing it to develop into a highly developed capitalist country.
Or as the old saying goes, "Hate can be buried deeply, but in N years when the time comes, it will erupt." "Finns want to get rid of polar bears after all. This year's Russian-Ukrainian war has given Finns hope, waiting for the opportunity, the most important thing is that the current polar bear is too weak to make people see flaws.
On May 18, 2022, Finland officially submitted its letter of application for accession to NATO. On 4 July, the willingness to join NATO and to assume its political, legal and military obligations under the Covenant was officially confirmed. On 5 July, Finland signed the Protocol to Join NATO. On August 9, US President Joe Biden signed the protocol for Finland's accession to NATO, which Biden will submit to NATO after signing. Finland's accession to NATO has become a fact because, unlike Ukraine, it meets all the conditions for joining NATO and has no territorial entanglement with any country.
Although defeated, it is still glorious
Not only three orchids, but also the three Baltic countries, the Caucasus countries, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and so on. That is why in this war, the overwhelming majority of countries in Europe are on the side of Ukraine. Too fucking bullied, too much bullying, what the German Nazis did, the Russians did not do less, so to speak.
Therefore, sooner or later you have to pay it back. If you do not return, your descendants will return, in short, must return. Putin himself is impeccable, he is not a militant, although he has waged several large-scale wars during his more than two decades in office: the Chechen war, which lasted ten years from 1999; 2008 Georgian War; the events in Crimea in 2013-2014 and the war in Donbas; the 2011 Syrian war on terror; This year's Russian-Ukrainian war.
In addition to the Syrian war, several other wars can be said to be to pay debts to Father Steel, Khrushchev and other masters. Corn Xiaov ate too much corn and held on, and transferred Crimea to Ukraine, saying that it was easy to manage, and he was very angry.
Having said all that, is this big bear really a top ten devil, and there is no good place? Definitely not. Without Russia, world civilization would be much darker.
Literarily, the three giants of nineteenth-century Russian literature: Leo Tolstoy, Turgenev, and Dostoevsky; Gogol, Pushkin, Chekhov; There are also Soviet writers Gorky and Ostrovsky, who have inspired generations of countrymen. Among them: in 1809, Gogol was born in the town of Surochince in Milgrad County, Poltava Province, Ukraine; Ostrovsky was born in 1904 in the village of Verya, Ostrog County, Volyn Province, Ukraine. So Russia and Ukraine break bones and connect tendons. Brothers fight, outsiders rejoice.
Scientifically, in 1755, Mikhail Lomonosov founded Russia's first university, Moscow University; Mendeleev discovered the fundamental law of nature in 1869 – the periodicity of chemical elements. He produced a periodic table capable of classifying existing elements and predicting some undiscovered elements and their properties. Recognized as the greatest event in the history of materials science discovery; Alexander Popov discovered the practical application of electromagnetic waves, such as the use of electromagnetic waves in the field of radio communications, and in 1895 created the most sophisticated radio radio at that time; Ivan Pavlov devoted himself to the study of advanced neural activity, and was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his outstanding work in digestive physiology, becoming the first Nobel Prize winner in Russia; As well as Dmitry Ivanovsky, the father of virology, among others.
Artistically, musician Tchaikovsky, this needless to say, is well known, including the world-famous ballet; Andrei Lubolev is the most famous Russian icon painter. The legendary Three Icons created by him can be called the spiritual symbol of Russian painting. Little is known about his experience, people only know that he was a monk who dedicated his life to God and painted icons, and he was consecrated by the Russian Orthodox Church.
The 3 angels in the Bible who appeared to Abraham
Ilya Repin, the greatest realist painter, created epic images that expressed the diversity and complexity of Russian life. The painter had a strong civic feeling, and many of his paintings had an important ideological background. One of his most famous masterpieces is The Fiberman of the Volga (1870-1873), which depicts the hard work of a boatman pulling fiber along the river. Freeze the picture on "life at the bottom"...
The bottom
So what makes the Russian sky so bright? I think it is the two powerful monarchs who have made great contributions, the male is Peter the Great; The woman was Catherine II (the Great). Peter I started Russia's first learning from the advanced civilization of the West, but I will not mention him today. Because I recently watched a Russian drama "Catherine the Great" broadcast in 2014, the heroine born in 1982, played by Marina Alexandrova, not only prosperous and beautiful, but also performed the empress's sense of déjà vu in the world. So I want to talk about this female tsar who has both beauty and power.
Russian version of Wu Meiniang
Catherine II was a successful politician and diplomat. During her reign, she made a new point: Russia must become a formidable power if it wants to gain the respect of its own people and its neighbors.
During her 34-year reign, the golden age of serfdom in Russia, the Russian state expanded its land area by 670,000 square kilometers, opened access to the Black and Baltic Seas, defeated Russia's old enemies Turkey and Sweden, and carved up Poland with Prussia and Austria, thus gaining more than 46% of Poland's land.
In particular, the Treaty of Iasi signed between Russia and Turkey in January 1792. Under the peace treaty, Russia received permanent possession of Crimea and vast areas on the northern shore of the Black Sea from Turkey, consolidating its sphere of influence in the Black Sea. It can be said that from Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson, Crimea, Zaporozhye, the Donbass region were all captured by this tsar. She is also the idol of Putin the Great, who wants to continue the power of the tsarist period and take the region back into his pocket. This is probably the last contribution he can make to Russia ...
The pride of the Empress
In order to develop the Russian economy, Catherine II adopted the economic policies of Western countries, implemented opening up to the outside world, abolished export taxes, and vigorously promoted foreign trade. At home, she vigorously promoted the development of capitalist industry and commerce, stipulating that any resident outside Moscow and St. Petersburg could freely set up factories and reduce the tax burden. Deeply welcomed by Russian businessmen, a large number of artisanal workshops sprang up.
Due to the unhappy marriage, Catherine II often enriched her knowledge by reading a large number of books to make up for the emptiness in her heart. In her readings, she became interested in the political philosophy of Voltaire and others, with whom she maintained close correspondence. She also bought all of Diderot's books when he was destitute and funded them. Not only that, but Catherine II was keen to collect objects related to history, making the Hermitage one of the largest museums in the world.
In addition, Catherine II herself left many literary works of art, she translated Shakespeare's The Wedding of the Duke of Windsor, and wrote two historical plays. Catherine II's own enthusiasm for literature and art, coupled with her extensive search for intellectual elites and support for various creations in the field of literature and art, created a relatively tolerant social environment for Russia, which became one of the cultural centers of Europe during this period.
It can be said that a large number of Russian military, artistic, literary and scientific scientists were born under the huge wings of this female tsar. Oh, and finally, by the way, this tsar was not Russian, or even a Slav. She is a German by heart, but the Germans are the bitter rivals of the Russians. History is so weird.
Odessa --- the Black Sea jewel in the crown above the Empress
Hate has also been hated, love has also been loved, to get back to the point, what is the most favorable outcome for China in this Russian-Ukrainian war? What should China do in response? On the whole, a small Russian victory is most beneficial to China. First, let's make two assumptions:
Suppose China takes advantage of the danger of its people and sends millions of soldiers to recover its homeland, is it feasible? The answer is no, in theory, a million soldiers in conventional warfare cannot be resisted in the shape of Russia's current bear. But if China dares to do so, Russia will not hesitate to go directly to nuclear weapons. And this is exactly the bosom of Western countries such as China, the United States and Japan, and the snipe mussels are contending.
Assuming a big Russian victory, it may also be bad for China. In this way, polar bears may rise again and reintegrate the former Soviet states, which will put great pressure on northern China. There is no credit between countries ...
Therefore, only a small victory in Russia and the basic recapture of the homeland of Yeka II will maintain its relative strength and go back to back with China. The United States basically has nothing good to do. Because the economies of China and Russia are very complementary, Russia exports energy to China, and China exports industrial and consumer goods to Russia. Together with the five Central Asian countries and Mongolia, more than 30 million square kilometers of land is a completely small world.
So can Russia be openly supported? The answer is also no. First, relations with Ukraine are also good, and the economies of the two sides complement each other; Second, Maozi's referendum is legal, how can Wanwan do it according to the cat drawing the tiger?
Therefore, as far as the current policy is concerned, the United Nations has abstained and has always abstained. On the whole, this war is very beneficial to China, and a certain Western power has no time to look west. We should seize the opportunity to solve domestic problems, continue to improve the people's living standards, develop the economy in a down-to-earth manner, and make a fortune with a muffled voice. As long as you don't touch the bottom line, everyone is a good friend, including Uncle Sam.
But Russia's own form is not so optimistic. In fact, it dared to start this war, and China was the decisive force, because China at least looked at Japan in the east, and Japan has always wanted to recover the four northern islands, even Sakhalin. But if Japan does make a move, China will not sit idly by. Of course, China is not a living Lei Feng, because Chinese understand that once the small day sets foot on the Asian continent, it will be the beginning of aggression against China...
Finally, I will use the last paragraph of Jia Yi's "Theory of Guo Qin" to end this nonsense, because I think it also applies to the aging Russian Empire today. "However, Qin has been in the same rank for more than a hundred years; Then take Liuhe as his home and Xianhan as his palace; A husband who is in trouble and seven temples, dead by human hands, for the laughter of the world, why not? Benevolence and righteousness do not give but attack and defend are different..."
The wisdom of the ancestors