Tag Archives: Ukraine

What is Zaporozhian?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by TP Archie

I was going to deal with this today but a number of pressing business issues came up leaving me with very little time. The answer to this question is more than just a question of history. Of necessity, I’m going … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged City Dweller, Deluge, East Slav, EU, Europe, Golden Horde, History, Jin, Kazakhs, Khwarezm, Kiev, Kievan Rus, Mongols, Moscow, Noble nomad, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Rossiya, Russia, Sich, Sung, Tatars, The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, Tver, Ukraine, Wild Fields, Zaporozhian | Leave a comment

Russia in the long term

Posted on March 16, 2014 by TP Archie

This is about how the dearth of strong regional civilisations near to Russia gives it a free hand, in for example, the Ukraine – Crimea crisis. A couple of weeks back, I posted Were you paying attention to history in … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Balkh, Bukhara, China, City Dweller, Crimea, India, Iran, Islam, Kazakhs, Khwarezm, Old Urgench, Prophecy, Russia, Samarkand, Tajiks, Ukraine, US | Leave a comment

Putin’s Desperate Gamble Becomes Clear

Posted on March 8, 2014 by TP Archie

The Russian army isn’t filled with Putin-bots (neither is the Ukrainian for that matter) but that’s what he’d like us to believe. ref: Ukraine: Russian troops thwarted in attempt to storm missile base in Sevastopol ref: Ukraine navy officers reject … Continue reading →

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Ukraine, Russia and the West

Posted on March 3, 2014 by TP Archie

Ukraine is a post Soviet-Empire time-bomb on which the sticky finger marks of the EU and the US are visible. We are where we are (and as a normal citizen, I bottle up my irritation). Looking around the net, it’s … Continue reading →