Among other things, this map shows why so many Eastern Europeans hate Russia. EE is basically descended from a freed slave population (serfs were emancipated in 1861). American and NATO neocons are exploiting this natural, though unfortunate, tendency in Ukraine and also in Poland and the Baltics. Many of the people living in those regions cannot be rational about Russia. The smartest thing all of them could do—all of Europe and all of Russia—is form a strong alliance. But the neocons do not want that because then they will lose control. ABN
European historical border changes
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