Poles and Russians, in fact, are both Slavs, except that one is a West Slav and the other is an East Slav, and they are also distant relatives.
But the hatred of the Poles for the Russians is timeless. Whether it was the conquest of Tsarist Russia in the late 18th century or the Soviet Union in the 20th century, Poles have a different kind of hatred for the Russians.
In fact, the main reason is that the Poles have been pressed and beaten by the Russians for nearly 300 years, and they have no power to fight back. I want to resist but can't resist, so I can only scold and say a few words of complaint.
So much so that during the current Russian-Ukrainian war, Poland's support for Ukraine is obvious. After all, the contradictions between them and Russia are not a day or two.
In fact, in addition to the Poles, many other Russian neighbors are also qualified to say this. After all, being a neighbor of Russia definitely has endless special treatment.
The Mongols were khanates and became part of Tsarist Russia
The predecessor of Tsarist Russia, Muscovy, was originally just a small principality under the banner of the Mongol Golden Horde. But because they would make the Golden Horde comfortable and serve the Golden Horde, they were qualified to collect taxes locally.
In the 15th century, Muscovy grew and unified, with the support of the Golden Horde, consciously or unconsciously, to unify most of the Rus' states.
At the same time, the Golden Horde split into a series of small khanates. These Mongol khanates gradually became neighbors with Muscovy.
In 1547, Ivan IV was crowned Tsar, and Muscovy became Tsarist Russia, or Tsarist Russia for short. Tsarist Russia's sphere of influence at that time was actually relatively small, limited to the territory of the Rus' states. However, there are many territories of the surrounding Mongol Khanate, so Tsarist Russia has no hesitation to start attacking its neighbors.
- In 1552, Ivan IV personally led 150,000 troops and destroyed the Kazan Khanate. The territory of the Khanate was mainly located in what is now the Russian Autonomous Republic of Tatarstan.
- In 1556, Ivan IV sent troops to destroy the neighboring Astrakhan Khanate, which is located on the northern shore of the present-day Caspian Sea, and still has an Astrakhan Oblast in Russia.
- During this period, Ivan IV also had a strong fight with the Crimean Khanate, but the Crimean Khanate had an Ottoman Turkish backing behind it, and it couldn't be gnawed down at all.
- In 1555, Ivan IV forced the Siberian Khanate into submission and proclaimed himself monarch of all Siberia. However, this was only a nominal title, and it was not until 1598 that Tsarist Russia actually conquered the Siberian Khanate.
- In 1774, Tsarist Russia defeated the Ottoman Turks in the Fifth Russo-Turkish War, causing the Crimean Khanate to declare itself self-reliant, which was actually under the control of Tsarist Russia. In 1783, Tsarist Russia formally annexed the khanate.
- In the middle of the 18th century, parts of the Kazakh Khanate ostensibly chose to submit to Tsarist Russia, but in fact remained in a state of going their own way. However, by 1847, Tsarist Russia had annexed the Kazakh Khanate.
As a result, several neighbors of the Mongol Khanate that were split from the Golden Horde in the past were cleaned up by Tsarist Russia one by one. Being a neighbor of Tsarist Russia, that's called a sour.
Two attacks on Iran, Azerbaijan smoothly entered Russia
In 1804, Georgia refused to submit to Iranian rule, so it fell to Tsarist Russia, and the Qajar dynasty of Iran was naturally very unhappy and planned to get Georgia back. However, in 1804, Tsarist Russia declared its rule over Georgia and marched into the region to intimidate Iran, and the First Russo-Iranian War began.
At the beginning of the war, because the Russian army was too far away, the logistics could not keep up, and Iran once gained the upper hand. But in the later period, after the logistics and reinforcements of Tsarist Russia came, they defeated the Iranian army in one fell swoop in 1812, forced Iran to sign an unequal treaty with it, and included Georgia, Dagestan and other places into the sphere of influence of Tsarist Russia.
In 1826, Tsarist Russia felt that Iran was a neighbor to be bullied, so it occupied a large territory in the Caucasus outside of the treaty. At this time, Iran could not bear it anymore and once again launched a challenge to Tsarist Russia, known as the Second Russian-Iranian War.
In the early stage of the war, Iran was still in the upper hand and regained a lot of lost territory, but when the reinforcements of Tsarist Russia came, they once again pressed Iran to the ground and rubbed it.
This time, Iran was completely subdued, and directly ceded all the areas north of the Aras River to Tsarist Russia. This area became what became Azerbaijan.
You see, the relationship between Russia and Iran is not much better now, and there are historical reasons for this. After all, this is one of the few countries that has been truly convinced by Russia.
In the Russo-Turkish war, Turkey was crushed in the Black Sea
The Russo-Turkish war is too famous, Ottoman Turkey was originally the hegemon of the Black Sea, and the Black Sea was surrounded by their little brother. As a result, Islamic culture was also widely spread around the Black Sea.
For example, Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia and other places in Russia today are deeply influenced by Ottoman Turkey. Originally, Crimea was also a territory under the Ottoman Turkish flag, but the Tatars here were driven to Siberia by the Soviet Union after World War II to mine, and after a large number of Russians came, there was no relationship between it and Turkey.
In fact, since the 17th century, Tsarist Russia has been fighting a Russian-Turkish war with Ottoman Turkey in order to seize the Black Sea coast. And that's more than 200 years. On average, every 20 years or so, there will be a big battle, which may be the fate between these two neighbors.
Many people say that Ottoman Turkey is the sick man of West Asia, but in fact it really can't be seen that way, at least people have pressed a major European power to the ground and rubbed it, and they have also been entangled with Tsarist Russia for more than 200 years, how can they be said to be sick men? The kind of people who have not fought a few battles, see the Russians, and immediately choose to cede land and seek peace.
After more than 200 years of Russian-Turkish wars, Tsarist Russia's sphere of influence in the Black Sea expanded, not only gaining Crimea on the northern shore of the Black Sea and Georgia on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, but also repeatedly touching the Balkan Peninsula on the west coast of the Black Sea, and even almost taking Constantinople, the capital of Ottoman Turkey. With such a neighbor by his side, I have to say, maybe this is a blessing for the Turks.
The Yellow Russian plan almost took the north of the Great Wall
Don't laugh at the Turks, since they are neighbors with Tsarist Russia, that meal arrangement is indispensable. Our situation is not much better, it is clear to the Russians.
From 1858 to 1881, Tsarist Russia ceded 1.51 million square kilometers of land from the Qing Dynasty through a series of unequal treaties, which is the size of 15 Jiangsu provinces. It also includes a large area of fertile land in the Ili River valley and the northern bank of the Heilongjiang River.
After 1895, Tsarist Russia saw that the Qing Dynasty could not even defeat Japan, so it could be bullied casually. Therefore, they formulated and began to implement the Yellow Russian plan, that is, to bring the entire north of the Great Wall into the sphere of influence of Tsarist Russia.
In 1900, they conquered the entire Tohoku, but after losing the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, they withdrew from the Tohoku region, but they still had a great influence on the northern part of the Tohoku.
From 1907 to 1916, Tsarist Russia began to persuade Tangnu Wulianghai, Outer Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and other places to go it alone, and their intention was very clear, that is, to take all the territory north of the Great Wall.
Before they could do it, they collapsed in 1917. However, their successor, the Soviet Union, spent a lot of effort to help them fulfill some of their wishes, such as eating Tangnu Ulianghai and becoming self-reliant in Mongolia. What is the standard result of being a neighbor with Russia? Isn't this just given?
Entered Central Asia, 4 million square kilometers in hand
In addition to attacking the East, Tsarist Russia was also unrelenting in its efforts to Central Asia, and after conquering the Kazakh Khanate in 1847, it set its sights on large swaths of Central Asia.
After the defeat of the Crimean War in 1856, Tsarist Russia officially regarded Central Asia as one of their main strategic objectives, and the Qing Dynasty was of course.
At that time, there were still the Khiva Khanate, the Bukhara Khanate, and the Kokand Khanate remaining in Central Asia. In 1868, Tsarist Russia sent troops to the Kokand Khanate to force it to submit to Tsarist Russia. He then sent troops to Samarkand and defeated the Bukhara Khanate, forcing it to become a vassal state of Tsarist Russia.
Beginning in 1873, under the leadership of Kaufman, the governor of Turkestan, Tsarist Russia began to march into the Khiva Khanate. In just half a year, Kaufman conquered the Khiva Khanate.
However, in the following years, the people of Central Asia repeatedly rebelled against the rule of Tsarist Russia, which was enough for them to drink a pot. Beginning in 1877, Tsarist Russia officially marched into Turkmenistan, during which it experienced a series of extremely difficult battles, and the Turkmen were too iron to fight. It was not until 1885 that the Turkmen region reluctantly submitted to Tsarist Russia despite heavy casualties. In this way, 4 million square kilometers of land in Central Asia were pocketed by Tsarist Russia.
The Eastern Front of the USSR, which restored the territories of Tsarist Russia in the west
When Soviet Russia was first founded, its strength was not strong, so it spit out all the large territories conquered by Tsarist Russia in the west, resulting in heavy losses for Russia.
When the strength of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union grows, they naturally want to take it back. However, they did not wait for the opportunity, and it was not until after the outbreak of World War II that the Soviet Union found an opportunity.
In the name of building the Eastern Front, the Soviet Union began to advance into Finland, Poland, the three Baltic states, Romania and other countries, and in one fell swoop acquired 460,000 square kilometers of land in the west and a population of more than 20 million.
After all, after the fall of Tsarist Russia, not long after they came out to work alone, they were immediately taken away by the Soviet Union and some or all of their territory.
Russia is a neighbor and enjoys endless special treatment
From Tsarist Russia to the Soviet Union, Russia has always appeared in front of its neighbors as a behemoth, and it can't help but make the neighbors hold their breath.
This neighbor is not only large, but also very fond of land, which makes the surrounding neighbors a little creepy. After all, the base for everyone's survival is the land. If the land is robbed by them, will not the people who live on this land also have to become their slaves?
Therefore, from ancient times to the present, every time Russia's neighbors talk about this neighbor, some of them hate itchy, some tremble, and more of them stay away. However, you are too far away from God, too close to Russia, and this is very difficult to change.