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Communists Opposed to National Liberation

Ukraine’s Bolsheviks (1917-1923) by Stephen Velychenko 'Long Live the Central Ukrainian Rada' Ukrainian soldiers in 1917 Background. At least 5.7 million of tsarist Ukraine’s population in 1917 were classfied as urban. Declared Russians were approximately 10% of the total population, 33% of the urban population, 43% of the population in the eight largest cities, and … Continue reading Communists Opposed to National Liberation

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PUTIN AND HIS RUSSIA ARE NOT FASCIST

By Stephen Velychenko Comments on  Ilya Budraitskis: “Putinism as New Form of Fascism?” There can be no doubt that as of 2004 Putin, his secret police cronies and associated marginal ideologues like Dugin and Zhirinovsky, had created an authoritarian dictatorship in Russia. Some like Budraitskis  characterize  this  regime as fascist. If this characterization was applicable before … Continue reading PUTIN AND HIS RUSSIA ARE NOT FASCIST