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Good day, you should travel more! Somehow. I've only been to Minsk five times. And to Kyiv once, and to Odessa once. I didn't notice any significant differences from St. Petersburg anywhere...
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Good day, you should travel more! Somehow. I've only been to Minsk five times. And to Kyiv once, and to Odessa once. I didn't notice any significant differences from St. Petersburg anywhere...

Why is that?
The words of a great man, whose name I will not mention, for good reason.

By the way, gentlemen. I might surprise you, but calling Russia an empire is actually incorrect. We were all taught this in schools, it's written in textbooks, and Marxist professors referred to our country that way. Russia has never been an empire! Today, this is a relevant debate among many historians, and I support the view that it was not an empire.
Why? I'll explain!
An empire strives to expand through colonization; look at the history of any state, from antiquity to the 19th century. But what exactly did Russia colonize? Nothing!
Parts of Ukraine, Poland, the Baltic states, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, etc., became part of Russia (the USSR) NOT as colonies! But rather as a full-fledged (almost) union of socialist republics. Why "almost," because Stalin centralized power.
If we go back to earlier times, the development of Siberia was NOT colonization. We did not force anyone.
The only exception is Central Asia. And even there, Russians were forced to defend themselves against Uzbeks, Tajiks, etc. Their endless raids did not allow peace, so they had to intervene. But again, the conquered lands in Central Asia were NOT colonies.
Russia has never been an empire! We were all raised and taught the opposite.
It's not for nothing that they say there is an accepted history, and there is the real history (c).
Judging by the historian's previous signature, this great man is Adolf G.
Good day, you need to travel more!
Was the destruction of the One Ring a positive or negative event? Why was it done? Perhaps the reason was the foolish, youthful maximalism of Frodo Baggins.
Yes, Sauron fell, but was there a worthy candidate to replace him? Perhaps an even worse villain will come to power after this. Under Sauron, there was stability; all the inhabitants of Middle-earth had the opportunity to join him and live well at the expense of those who did not join. And what should be done now?
With their good intentions, foolish protesters plunged Middle-earth into the 1990s. By destroying the One Ring, they destroyed the barn that Sauron had been building for thousands of years.
Middle-earth will have to rebuild the barn and deal with the consequences of the revolution for a long time...
Turns out, I'm not the only one who had this idea! Glory to Ukraine, freedom to Middle-earth!))