Russia. Crimea. History. Nikolay Starikov

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СКАЧАТЬ have turned into a pile of junk now, with minor exceptions. It is very expensive to maintain fleet. Having no money even for gas, Ukraine simply would have destroyed the entire Black Sea Fleet, as most of the ships of the Ukrainian fleet were brought to ruin. Who was behind all of this? Today, the answer is obvious – the forces that try to kick Russia away from the Black Sea region.

      There are several ways to achieve this: to deprive the Navy of the base in the Crimea, which would be the result of the coup in Kiev. But this happened in 2014. Should Russia have remained in the Black Sea region without fleet in 1992, the issue of displacing it from the Black Sea would have been settled long ago. Where this insatiable and unaffordable from the point of view of budget itch to possess the colossal Black Sea Fleet comes from. President Kravchuk was the first to announce that the Black Sea Fleet had to be taken under the jurisdiction of Kiev in 1992. In response, the fleet commander Admiral I. Katasonov stated that the fleet would remain to be Russian. A conflict fraught with bloodshed was about to impend. Ukraine even tried to enter troops to settle the problem in “non-amicable way”. Collision could occur, because the Black Sea fleet – a robust military force that has always been able to stand up for itself, and acted as a guarantor of security of the whole peninsula in the situation of 2014…

      President Kravchuk enacted complete elimination of references to the USSR from the Constitution of Ukraine on June 19, 1992. Everything that once united us should have been deleted or distorted. It was not only about seven decades of the Soviet system. In the first “year of independence” – 1992 – unified Slavic people were split spiritually as well. A schismatic Kiev Patriarchate was established by active support of Kravchuk as opposed to the Russian Orthodox Church. Two months later, on August 22, 1992, the state regalia were solemnly given to Kravchuk by the former President of UPR in exile as well as the certificate, that the Republic of Ukraine was the successor of the Ukrainian People’s Republic. This state, established by Petlyura immediately after the October Revolution of the Bolsheviks, existed in 1917– 1921 years. The continuity of the regime, chosen by the leaders of new Ukraine for themselves, was demonstrated this way.

      As for the personality of Petlyura, his closest political “analog” in the Russian history is Kerensky. Petlyura, same “democrat” and babbler but of nationalistic character, who was in close contact with the geopolitical rivals of Russia, like all the Ukrainian separatists in our history (both of the past and present). He took an advantage of Russian immersion into chaos and seized the moment to tear Ukraine off. In this respect, Kravchuk was his direct successor. However, Petlyura did no good for Ukraine. Few people know now that “Kiev Democrats” signed another Brest peace with Germany almost three weeks earlier than Bolsheviks[140]. The occupation by Germans occurred then, in which they discarded Petlyura as useless and established a puppet “monarchical” regime, led by hetman Skoropadsky carrying away food (milk, eggs) to the Second Reich. Mikhail Bulgakov vividly described the return of Petlyura to power in the novel «The Days of the Turbins». Chaos, murders, violence against Russian officers in the Russian city of Kiev. Persistent struggle against Russia followed. Not only against the Red Army, but also the White. The apotheosis of this struggle was his agreement with the Poles, when he agreed to establish a border between Poland and Ukraine on the Zbruch in exchange for UPR support. In other words, he accepted the fact that Galicia and Volyn became parts of Poland. Such a “patriot” of “independent” Ukraine! In this respect, the present rulers of “the Independent Ukraine” are already about to hand Ukraine over to the West. Better not have any relations with Russia. It should be noted that there was no Ukraine as a state in 1918. And had never been before. In 1654 the Pereyaslav Rada decided to reunite Russia with Little Russia but not Ukraine. The name “Ukraine” appeared in the history books and began to be used as a name of the country or a part of the USSR only by the Bolsheviks. Then Russian people were officially considered to consist of three groups: Great Russians, Little Russians, and Belarusians. The project “Ukraine” was created by Austro-Hungary at the end of the XIX century. It became particular important just before the First World War. But the residents of the present-day Ukraine couldn’t imagine Ukraine as being a separate state. Even Petlyura and Professor Grushevsky[141] had to lie in the document on the establishment of the UPR, known as “the Third Universal on establishment of the UPR”. It was obvious, that Ukraine would be separated from Russia from the very beginning, but they had to write it in a different manner[142]. As there are some other interesting issues in the document, we will provide it below in a full version[143].

      “UNIVERSAL CENTER RADA

      Ukrainian people and all the people of Ukraine!

      The Russian Republic suffers from hard times now. The internecine struggle is in progress in the northern parts in the capitals. There is no central authority, anarchy and devastation are everywhere. Our region is also in danger. Without the central, consolidated and strong government Ukraine will also be plunged into fatal strife and complete collapse.

      The people of Ukraine!

      You, together with the fraternal people of Ukraine, assigned us to guard the rights obtained by struggle, and establish order, keep and build better future for our land and we, the Ukrainian Central Rada, bringing your will to life for the sake of establishing order in our region, salvation of the whole of Russia, announce that Ukraine will be “the Ukrainian People’s Republic” from now on. Keeping integrity with the Russian Republic, preserving its unity, we will stand solid on our land to help the whole Russia become the Federation of equal and free people. Before the convocation of the Constituent Assembly of Ukraine all decisions of governmental level as to rule, hold court, issue laws should be made by us, the Ukrainian Central Rada and the Government, the General Secretariat of Ukraine. We are aware of our strength and the power of the Ukrainian border. On the home land we will be on guard of law and revolution not only here, but in the whole of Russia. Therefore we declare that the following territories inhabited mostly by the Ukrainians belong to Ukrainian People’s Republic: Kyiv region, Podolia, Volhynia, Chernihiv Kharkiv region, Poltava, Katerinoslavshchina, Kherson, Tauria without the Crimea.

      The final border demarcation of the Ukrainian People’s Republic that concerns accession of the areas of Kurschiny, Voronezhschiny, Holmshiny, populated mainly by Ukrainians, as well as other adjacent provinces, should come next in accord with the people’s will.

November 8, 1917, S. Petlyura“[144]

      He speaks of the unity, but thinks about the separation. He just does not want to scare people. However, the historical truth cannot be hidden. Therefore, even Petlyura, who can hardly be called “Moskal”, writes in the document that the Crimea does not belong to Ukraine.

      And THIS Ukraine is chosen as a reference by Leonid Kravchuk, who grew up in the USSR. How can you then wonder with all that happens there[145]. Ukraine was actually drawn into a civil conflict by taking idols of Petlyura and Bandera, who became active agents of civil hatred and war.

      However, President Kravchuk did not waste his time. During his occupation of the presidency, oligarchs, who then divided the country, started to accumulate their primary capital. The symbol of his presidency became a hand truck – “kravchuchka”, which people used for carrying products to survive somehow. Entrepreneurs, attached close to the government, earned a lot of money on hyperinflation and export-import schemes of the “new state”. The first corruption scandal connected with the decree of the first president of Ukraine. He rearranged the Black Sea Shipping Company in the shipping concern “Blasko”. After that the Prosecutor General’s Office detected violations such as kickbacks during the sale of Ukrainian ships. Wholesale accounts in Swiss banks belonging to number of involved persons “from Kravchuk’s team” are the proofs[146].

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