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Swede

(33,230 posts) Tue Mar 1, 2022, 02:34 AM Mar 2022

"There are moments in history when the great struggle between freedom&tyranny comes down to 1 fight

in 1 place, which is waged for all humanity.
In 1863, that place was Gettysburg. In 1940, it was the skies above Britain…Today, in 2022, it is Kyiv" -

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"There are moments in history when the great struggle between freedom&tyranny comes down to 1 fight (Original Post) Swede Mar 2022 OP

Ukrainians know their history. Putin's idle Stalin hated Ukraine, they were different PortTack Mar 2022 #1

PortTack

(32,750 posts)

1. Ukrainians know their history. Putin's idle Stalin hated Ukraine, they were different

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Tue Mar 1, 2022, 04:57 AM

Mar 2022

Different clothing, different traditions.

In 1939 he starved 3.9 million Ukrainians. It was known as the Holodomor. 13% of their population died

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