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To: dangus
Estonia was part of the Russian Empire before WWI. It became independent after the war, until swallowed up by Stalin in 1940 (part of Stalin's deal with Hitler in August 1939). The US never recognized the annexation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by the Soviet Union.

Estonian is not Finnish but it belongs to the same language family.

Putin's actions are in keeping with a long line of Russian rulers such as Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. During the Soviet period the question sometimes was posed whether the Kremlin's actions were part of the desire to spread world Communism or just in keeping with traditional Russian expansionism.

It was Khrushchev, not Stalin, who added Crimea to Ukraine.

There is no reason to think that Putin will stop with Ukraine.

48 posted on 02/23/2022 8:23:13 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Stalin’s policies were more Czar-like than Lenin-like. I think Lenin would have been appalled by Stalin’s Russification policies. Lenin despised all forms of Russian Nationalism.


49 posted on 02/23/2022 8:26:05 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Verginius Rufus

When I said Estonia wasn’t even Slavic, it was Finnish, I was speaking in terms of a fairly broad ethno-linguistic relationship... as one would compare to Slavic...

Estonia was part of the Russian Empire in 1914... as was Finland...

I wouldn’t put it past any expansionist empire to lay claim to additional lands, but the point is that his argument for Ukraine doesn’t hold any water for arguing for Estonia.


70 posted on 02/23/2022 9:17:50 AM PST by dangus
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