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2022-04-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by badanov 2022-04-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Watch the Ukrainian throat-cutting video that's making the rounds. Note the reference to an awakening of the cliffs of Dnipro.

That's a reference to the Zaparozhian cossack strongold. They're awakened - for Ukraine.

Posted by lotp 2022-04-14 09:03|| 2022-04-14 09:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Context for my comment above:

My maiden name is Ukrainian. My paternal ancestors were Zaparozhian 'hetmen' - military leaders.

Posted by lotp 2022-04-14 09:04|| 2022-04-14 09:04|| Front Page Top

#3 It’s clear from some of the articles published here that the Russians think of Cossacks as Russian, lotp. But then they think of Ukrainians as Russians who talk funny — another mistake.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-04-14 11:14|| 2022-04-14 11:14|| Front Page Top

Posted by Greng Black3494 2022-04-14 12:12|| 2022-04-14 12:12|| Front Page Top

#5 So those guys don’t n da painting…. Putin has pissed them off?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-04-14 21:44|| 2022-04-14 21:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Please excuse the auto cucumbers

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2022-04-14 21:46|| 2022-04-14 21:46|| Front Page Top

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