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To: Snowshoe who wrote (185544)	3/20/2022 2:46:03 AM
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Ukrainian Tales Since it became its first imperial possession in the 18th century, Russia has denied Ukraine’s national existence, while seeing it as an exotic threat. Uilleam Blacker \| Published in History Today Volume 72 Issue 4 April 2022 In January 1787 Catherine the Great travelled south from St Petersburg to survey some new imperial possessions. Crimea had been taken from the Ottoman Empire, the partitions of Poland were underway and the last vestiges of Cossack autonomy in the Ukrainian steppes had been eliminated. The journey was a grand event, lasting six months and covering 6,000 kilometres accompanied by thousands of soldiers and sailors. The trip was elaborately stage-managed by Prince Grigory Potemkin, Catherine’s lover and the Governor General of the new territories. Catherine was treated to a private guard consisting of exotically attired Crimean Tatars; she encountered a parade of local Greek women dressed as Amazons (Herodotus had placed these mythical female warriors in the Black Sea steppes); Potemkin also surprised his empress with a spectacular firework display that spelled her name. Full story: historytoday.com

To: Snowshoe who wrote (185544)	3/20/2022 4:35:46 AM
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Re <<historical perspective>> The Economist has finally found a war it doesn't like. pic.twitter.com/Lmh3sQAycS — Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) March 16, 2022 100% true — just look at how the publication came into being pic.twitter.com/HAfGmnDF2p — 🇵🇸Holly🇾🇪 (@HollyBlomberg) March 16, 2022 thanks for sharing the post, very enlightening and depressing... there were other covers that told another story, not that it makes it acceptable. pic.twitter.com/YZToT7xnj3 — Jay (@WonkyLaserEye) March 17, 2022