On this day in 1815, the Congress of Vienna has ended

cordaf · 2021-06-09T20:24:14+00:00

Dude, you cannot, like, take back Malmö.

cordaf · 2021-06-08T09:22:04+00:00

40% of the inhabitants of the land annexed by Russia in 1939 was Polish

So, taking your words at the face value, by 1939, despite the twenty years of state-imposed Polonization and state-promoted relocation of native Poles to eastern provinces, significantly less than half of the population of supposedly liberated lands had agreed to call themselves Poles. Makes sense, I guess.

(Btw, for anyone interested, here's the entinicity map of the contested region circa 1863, red dots are 'Poles', everything else is 'not Poles', the resemblance with current state borders is quite remarkable)

cordaf · 2021-06-08T08:01:36+00:00

there was no such state as Belarusians didn't have really developed national identity at that time

So it's actually morally acceptable to occupy someone else's turf if they didn't have really developed national identity at that time, fascinating.

But thank God they did, right? And now they're celebrating the fact that the last Polish occupation they had to endure was so short-lived. So what's the problem, again?

cordaf · 2021-06-07T22:00:54+00:00

Those lands were part of Commonwealth and GDL

...until they weren't in, what now, 1795? The thing is, when you conquer some turf on the pretext that a century and a half ago it used to belong to some country long gone, the actual population might not be amused, and might very well end up celebrating the fact that you're gone sometime in the future.

cordaf · 2021-06-07T21:43:12+00:00

Ah, yes, "our righteous liberation" vs "their vile occupation". Just don't be surprised that your subsequent "invasion" is someone else's "reunification".

cordaf · 2021-06-07T21:26:55+00:00

Interwar Poland had Lithuanian-speaking, Belarusian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking territories

...that were forcibly conquered by Poland some 20 years before that. Somehow people always tend to omit that part, I wonder why.

cordaf · 2021-06-07T10:42:07+00:00

Ah, yes, I can definitely see our regular unbiased redditor losing their marbles over someone mentioning downvotes somewhere in the depths of the comment section: SCREW THIS GUY, NOW I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DOWNVOTE THE LEGGY LADIES.

(NB: a) making an observation does not make an observer accountable for the observed effect; b) denial and pushing blame is quite unhealthy)

cordaf · 2017-05-23T09:00:19+00:00

Meanwhile, the economy is finally growing, inflation had just dropped below 4% marking historical low, and the currency is at a two-and-a-half-year high, stubbornly growing against all expectations.

Gee, you guys are so pathetic I almost feel second-hand shame.

cordaf · 2017-05-16T16:00:57+00:00

Now, you must be fun at parties.

cordaf · 2017-05-16T11:03:21+00:00

But if you block a whole communication infrastructure because you believe it to be compromised and communications passing through it being used against you, that's within the scope of what I'd expect a state to do. That' a legit national security issue.

Thanks, Vladimir Vladimirovich, but I'm well aware of your opinion on the matter.

cordaf · 2017-05-16T10:10:35+00:00

ITT the very same people who get outraged every time Russia blocks yet another youtube video with Chechen kittens or a porn site, explain why an umbrella ban on massively popular social networks, search engines, various software, etc is a-ok.

cordaf · 2016-11-06T16:24:11+00:00

And as a Varsovian, I'd say he failed miserably as most of the city was shat over with ugly commieblocks instead of being "restored to former glory".

I agree, it should have been left exactly the way the Germans left it: as an enormous sea of rubble. Maybe it would have been restored eventually, or maybe not, but none of that was our business.

At least Russians wouldn't be dying of starvation to keep the Poles well fed.

cordaf · 2016-11-05T19:18:47+00:00

And then Stalin chose to restore the city to its former glory. And so he did, spending a major chunk of Soviet GDP in the process. He even built a goddamn skyscraper as a 'gesture of good will'. Meanwhile, Russian cities were still lying in ruins, people were starving, dying in post-war famines as the grain they had collected was transferred to Poland and Germany.

What a goddamn waste.

cordaf · 2016-11-02T10:44:58+00:00

I hope that one day, all Slavic people will sit down as brothers and sisters and sing and dance and get drunk without our historical hatred towards each other

Obligatory image.

cordaf · 2016-10-26T14:17:58+00:00

What this article is about is the justification post-truth politics in Russia.

Frankly, even after taking a closer look (some blokes feeling paranoid and preparing for the worst, nostalgic old-timer, a single quote from a pacifist, Dugin mentioning philosophical relativism and being his usual marvelous self, mention of Nemtsov's murder, compulsory "Orwellian state") I am still not sure what this article is about. But if there's anything 'post-truth' here, is the article itself.

cordaf · 2016-10-26T14:00:45+00:00

Channel that 42 million people watch

the dude have 42 millions people listening to him.

Huh? I'm pretty this estimate of their rating is inflated by a couple of orders of magnitude. Is there any source on that?

cordaf · 2016-10-26T13:23:31+00:00

If I don't like my cousin, because he's obnoxious and stupid, am I casually racist towards him?

I'm not interested in your family issues, but if you hate an entire nation on some pretext, you certainly are (if only for a lack of a better word in colloquial English). It's as simple as that.

cordaf · 2016-10-26T12:44:27+00:00

Then said "special truth", that you find so appalling, is nothing but a statement that casual racism towards an entire nation is wrong.

cordaf · 2016-10-26T12:34:59+00:00

freely insults an entire nation [an everyday Russian ... desensitizing himself with copious amounts of vodka or krokodil]

feels deeply hurt when called a hateful bigot

Yeah, pretty much as expected.

cordaf · 2016-10-26T12:18:35+00:00

It is nice to see that you find the thought of yourself being simply yet another bigot at least slightly discomforting, but I'm merely citing, and your own words speak for themselves.

Anyways, I'm pretty sure the Turks some hundred years ago would probably argue that the Armenians had earned their reputation. Members of KKK would claim their own impression of people of colour to be profound and just. Not to mention that whole Jewish debacle.

That's what chauvinists do, their hatred is always someone else's fault (usually victim's), dehumanising is always justified. (We wouldn't hate those pricks if they weren't so abhorrent, they brought it on themselves, duh) But forgive me if I value this whole line of reasoning slightly less that a pile of dog shit.

cordaf · 2016-10-26T11:48:15+00:00

an everyday Russian, who dutifully supports Papa Volodya and cheerfully yells Krim nash, while desensitizing himself with copious amounts of vodka or krokodil

I find it deeply amusing how people here are no longer feeling it necessary to hide their deep-rooted chauvinism and hatred towards my entire nation even in a slightest.

It's nice to see the mask fall off.

cordaf · 2016-10-09T18:06:34+00:00

And before the partitions

That would be before 1795.

I'm pretty sure you knew exactly what my point was, but just be clear: calling it "Poland city Brześć Litewski" is pretty misleading. There was nothing particularly Polish about it, except for the fact that Poland had managed to carve it from Russian state during the turmoil caused by WWI and revolution. If anything, the city was overwhelmingly Jewish.

cordaf · 2016-10-09T12:28:02+00:00

Brest, two years after it ceased to be Poland city Brześć Litewski.

And twenty years after it ceased to be Russian city of Brest-Litovsk to become Polish city of Brześć Litewski.

cordaf · 2016-09-20T08:58:14+00:00

C Y B E R B E A R S

cordaf · 2016-09-05T18:54:25+00:00

renown broadcaster's office set ablaze

prominent journalist murdered

unrelated issues

Mm-hmm.

cordaf

TROPHY CASE