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Peter Paul Rubens. Emperor Maximilian I (a fragment). 1618 (Links to previous Chapters are available here: Preface, I, II, III, IV) If the EU is to transform into a new soft neo-fascist model, the formation of something that can be described as the black aristocracy is essential. Is “Habsburg in vyshyvanka” just a phenomenon from the turn of the 20th century, or

Wilhelm Franz von Habsburg-Lothringen, also known as Vasil Vyshyvaniy, an accomplice of Austrian, German, and Ukrainian fascists. Monument in Kiev, opened in 2021 (cc) Krupski Oleg (Links to previous Chapters are available here: Preface, I, II, III) One idea from the 1920s is still alive today: that a pan-European transition from modern EU democracy to some kind of pan-European monarchy

Russia on the Fra Mauro map. 1459 (Links to previous Chapters are available here: Preface, I, II) It was decided to create a “Ukrainian” nation, declaring the national unity of the Ruthenians and the population of Russian Malorossiya. The historic lands of northern Bukovina, Transcarpathia, and Eastern Galicia make up the western regions of Ukraine today. For many

Ernst Lissner. Expulsion of Polish invaders from the Moscow Kremlin in 1612. 1938 (Links to previous Chapters are available here: Preface, I) This means that after the collapse of the Soviet Union the process of liberation of the “enslaved peoples” did not stop, but entered a different, tougher phase. To understand the essence of Poland’s territorial claims

Europe in 1915. World War I Comic map. 1915 (Links to previous Chapters are available here: Preface) Today is not the first time that Ukraine is regarded as a buffer or a possible foothold for an invasion of Russia. During the last century the country most active in this respect was  Germany. On November 21, 2013,

Victory parade at Red Square in Moscow on June 24, 1945 in commemoration of Germany’s crushing defeat in World War II 1939-1945 Ukrainism: Preface, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 Construct is not equal to history, it is a surrogate of history. The real history of Ukraine, being an actual history,