Magyarization (later Slovakization) in a nutshell.
But the worst thing is, whats Russia is doing/has done is much more effective due to relative closeness of both cultures/languages.
Zhyve Belarus
Isn’t most of Belarus in the former area of lithuanian kingdom? Maybe they’ll have something to say?
Trust me, those Belarusians who are still in Belarus (me including) can’t say anything that misaligns with the government. Those who are inside the country and want changes are many, but each and all I know don’t want to put themselves and their family in danger. I am also afraid, and we are not afraid without reason
Same tale in every post soviet country. With differences in severity
Zhyve Belarus
In Eastern Europe, we cringe every time Russian politicians blame the West for colonialism. Also, don’t ask a woman about her age, a man about his salary, and a Russian about what happened to Siberian natives.
Well, USSR, and this includes Russians, Ukrainians and whatever, did that everywhere they could. You forgot to mention about mass deportations and import of native Russians where they were not to create minorities you need to defend.
Same did the Austro-Hungarians, and others. Nothing new under the sun.
How to turn your country into a third world, violent, drunken shithole with zero culture 101
Russophobia of r/europe is already comical
It’s a pretty standard colonial playbook.
Lukashenko is a traitor to the Belarusians.
It’s just a matter of time before the people of Belarus call for a referendum to be part of russia.
(not quite /s since that’s the false narrative that russia goes for, but you get the joke)
Sadly reminds me the parisination of France ☹️
Some people say that the agressive imperialism in Russins comes from the Ghengis Khan mongols time – it was grandfathered in, literally.
In USSR even Russian streets were renamed. And Russian city names. So i think it’s been done to standardize everything rather than targeted those specific countries.
You will probably never get a better chance of getting rid of them like now
1st time?
Btw I’m Polish
This is EXACTLY what was done on Kosovo
peak colonialism. france has done it too.
Russians did it because Belarussians were lead nation in Grand Duchy of Lithuania, part of PLC and they spread Western culture and had strong self-identity. The 19th century uprisings, November Uprising and January Uprising lasted the longest in Belarus. Even in 20th century anti-communist underground movements were also strong.
Just two things. Destruction of me monasteries and churches especially in the early years of USSR was not specific to Belarus, but happened across entire USSR. Second – right now it is not Russians oppressing Belarus. Lukashenko is not Russian, police is not Russians, voting committees are not Russians… Lukashenko loves Putin, but even if Russia collapses these people are not going anywhere.
i’m gonna be frank, before these posts I thought belarus was just a second russia…damn.
Yup, and it’s not like the Romanians have been doing this since WW1… or the Turks doing this to most of their neighboors (mainly Armenia)… or the AustroHungarians making everybody in the country more Austrian… or the Swedes having tried to make everybody in Finland more Swedish since the Medievel Ages….
Point is, this type of stuff is as old as time, the only difference is that Russia is going through with the Russofication. Like, many ethnic groups either don’t exist anymore or have been severely fractured and had their lands stolen, the Tatars and Bashkirs are some examples of this
Edit: just for clarification I’m not saying this is fake or it should be brushed aside, if anything it is extremely alarming
Совсем крыша потекла у паренька, да и у всей толпы в каментах.
Тупые
Промытые
Дебылы
Не имеющие своего мнения
И с трудом имеющие право называться людьми
Презираю
A perfect guide for Romania what to do with Moldovia
Russia is cancer
“(later it was blown up by the soviets)” for some reason sounds like the punchline of a recurrent joke.
Since we are on the topic of Russification, a reminder for something that is seldom mentioned or ever brought up. Russia’s Kuban region (modern day Krasnodar Kari and Adygea) used to have a Ukrainian majority population especially in the northern and western parts until the 1930s when Stalin enacted a huge Russification policy effort on the region resulting in most people living there now identifying as ethnic Russians.
Fuck ruzzia, fuck vatniks
Russia (Moscow as former Mongolian tax center) does this because this worked for many centuries:
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Steal everything you can and burn the rest.
Magyarization (later Slovakization) in a nutshell.
But the worst thing is, whats Russia is doing/has done is much more effective due to relative closeness of both cultures/languages.
Zhyve Belarus
Isn’t most of Belarus in the former area of lithuanian kingdom? Maybe they’ll have something to say?
Trust me, those Belarusians who are still in Belarus (me including) can’t say anything that misaligns with the government. Those who are inside the country and want changes are many, but each and all I know don’t want to put themselves and their family in danger. I am also afraid, and we are not afraid without reason
Same tale in every post soviet country. With differences in severity
Zhyve Belarus
In Eastern Europe, we cringe every time Russian politicians blame the West for colonialism. Also, don’t ask a woman about her age, a man about his salary, and a Russian about what happened to Siberian natives.
Well, USSR, and this includes Russians, Ukrainians and whatever, did that everywhere they could. You forgot to mention about mass deportations and import of native Russians where they were not to create minorities you need to defend.
Same did the Austro-Hungarians, and others. Nothing new under the sun.
How to turn your country into a third world, violent, drunken shithole with zero culture 101
Russophobia of r/europe is already comical
It’s a pretty standard colonial playbook.
Lukashenko is a traitor to the Belarusians.
It’s just a matter of time before the people of Belarus call for a referendum to be part of russia.
(not quite /s since that’s the false narrative that russia goes for, but you get the joke)
Sadly reminds me the parisination of France ☹️
Some people say that the agressive imperialism in Russins comes from the Ghengis Khan mongols time – it was grandfathered in, literally.
In USSR even Russian streets were renamed. And Russian city names. So i think it’s been done to standardize everything rather than targeted those specific countries.
That’s absoltely how they acting.
This post paints the same conclusion https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/s/wyZvPVtPti
Now I see why many people from Belarus say that they are very similar to Lithuania by culture.
Why are Russians so obsessed with those onion shaped roofs on top of churches???
First they stole the Rus legacy and now they will claim everything as if it was theirs. Fuck the Muscovites
Excellent example on how to create a misleading presentation.
Church on the 3rd picture has been rebuilt at least 2 times before:
https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B1%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0_(%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BA)
You will probably never get a better chance of getting rid of them like now
1st time?
Btw I’m Polish
This is EXACTLY what was done on Kosovo
peak colonialism. france has done it too.
Russians did it because Belarussians were lead nation in Grand Duchy of Lithuania, part of PLC and they spread Western culture and had strong self-identity. The 19th century uprisings, November Uprising and January Uprising lasted the longest in Belarus. Even in 20th century anti-communist underground movements were also strong.
Just two things. Destruction of me monasteries and churches especially in the early years of USSR was not specific to Belarus, but happened across entire USSR. Second – right now it is not Russians oppressing Belarus. Lukashenko is not Russian, police is not Russians, voting committees are not Russians… Lukashenko loves Putin, but even if Russia collapses these people are not going anywhere.
i’m gonna be frank, before these posts I thought belarus was just a second russia…damn.
Yup, and it’s not like the Romanians have been doing this since WW1… or the Turks doing this to most of their neighboors (mainly Armenia)… or the AustroHungarians making everybody in the country more Austrian… or the Swedes having tried to make everybody in Finland more Swedish since the Medievel Ages….
Point is, this type of stuff is as old as time, the only difference is that Russia is going through with the Russofication. Like, many ethnic groups either don’t exist anymore or have been severely fractured and had their lands stolen, the Tatars and Bashkirs are some examples of this
Edit: just for clarification I’m not saying this is fake or it should be brushed aside, if anything it is extremely alarming
Совсем крыша потекла у паренька, да и у всей толпы в каментах.
Тупые
Промытые
Дебылы
Не имеющие своего мнения
И с трудом имеющие право называться людьми
Презираю
A perfect guide for Romania what to do with Moldovia
Russia is cancer
“(later it was blown up by the soviets)” for some reason sounds like the punchline of a recurrent joke.
Since we are on the topic of Russification, a reminder for something that is seldom mentioned or ever brought up. Russia’s Kuban region (modern day Krasnodar Kari and Adygea) used to have a Ukrainian majority population especially in the northern and western parts until the 1930s when Stalin enacted a huge Russification policy effort on the region resulting in most people living there now identifying as ethnic Russians.
Fuck ruzzia, fuck vatniks
Russia (Moscow as former Mongolian tax center) does this because this worked for many centuries:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_larger_Indigenous_peoples_of_Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_larger_Indigenous_peoples_of_Russia)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Indigenous_peoples_of_Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_Indigenous_peoples_of_Russia)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinct_Indigenous_peoples_of_Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinct_Indigenous_peoples_of_Russia)
When you last time heard about of all these nationalities? Or that the only thing that distinguishes them is their dances and songs?
Belarusians just next victim in very long list of completely assimilated by poverty/slavery, censorship, propaganda, wars nations.
Russian is the language of Satan.
Even the name Belarus means “White Russia”, and that’s actually the name in Swedish (“Vitryssland”).
Usually the recipe for russification is just run a place into the ground. Please refer to Karelia and Königsberg.