The famed White Army General Anton Denikin led his troops into Kiev in 1919, during the Russian Civil war. In the following decades, living in exile, he published his memories of the White Army, recalling his disbelief at the number of Ukrainian forces he confronted in battle. His diaries and writing expound upon the difference between “Little Russia,” or Ukraine, and “Great Russia,” an approach that has made them a noted favorite of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Where did all these Ukrainians come from?” Denikin wrote.
His query is worth remembering now that the European Union seems to be asking the …read more
Source: European Voice
