Regrettably. the peoples of this new nation believed the sweet words of selfdetermination and noninterference. as preached by the Russian Bolsheviks. who at the same time systematically subverted the nationalist movement. And Ukraine freedom lasted but 2 short years. This all too familiar pattern was repeated in Cuba and has succeeded in dividing Korea and Vietnam. Ukrainians have struggled to maintain their identity as a nation and as a culture. They have suffered through collectivization. purges. deportations. and Russification campaigns. We can be under no greater illusion than to deluge ourselves into believing that eased tensions can mean that peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union and her satellites is possible. The truths surrounding the Ukraine.
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