> what was russification you'd think a pole would understand that, considering this was state policy by the tsar in all of your institutions and was something that was done at the highest levels of your prl (russian was the "official language" of "official channels" - and it was a mandatory subject taught in polish schools during this era). ukraine suffered exceptionally well for 2 reasons: > the extermination of the ruthenian nobility > the urbanization and centralization policies of the bolsheviks i mean just look at the disputed territory in question. those people were re-settled by joseph stalin who intentionally did (e.g., in latvia) solely to undermine the region and open the potentiality for war in the event of autonomy -> which is exactly the playbook putin has followed.
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