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Interesting article, I was not aware that their was a pro Russian elite in the Galicia back in the the 19th Century. So the Ukrainian language is basically a construct of Austrian Imperialism. I still believe that Russia will be forced to occupy all of modern Ukraine and incorporate it into Ukraine to exterminate this vile and perverted ideology. A great book to recommend about the fraudelent identity of the modern Ukrainian state is "Heroes and Villains" by the Canadian historian David R. Marples written in 2007 after the Orange Revolution.

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I admire you for finding all this information, and thank you for your work. I'am browsing trough Russian publications on a regular base, but there is a lot that escapes my attention. And then there is your substack, my newest go-to-page!

I recently discovered that the first concentration camps on European soil were created by the Austro-Hungarians in 1914. The targeted ethic group were the "Carpatho-Rusyns". Russian sources talk about a "genocide". https://dzen.ru/a/XUYO_vjqZwCt6boP Геноцид русин в Австро-Венгрии: как это было | Русская Семёрка | Дзен

For more information, see also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalerhof_internment_camp

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The International Affairs magazine is a product of Russia's MFA that I don't mine often enough. And then there's the SVR's quarterly publication "Scout" along with the many other items it publishes at its website, http://svr.gov.ru/

I'm sure there are other internal publications from other areas of Russia's government, but I haven't found them yet. The history you discovered I was informed of about two years ago, but I can't recall the source. I'm very weak on Central European history and need to rectify that, but it competes with those other areas I'm weak in, so progress is slow. Thanks for finding the Gym a good resource as that's my goal!

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