The current ruling regimes in both the US and Russia share a foundational conviction that the wrong side won their Civil War.

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There was a pretty brief moment in Russian history where Lenin and some Bolsheviks (e.g. Shumskyi) were promoting korenizatsiia, especially as a way to counterbalance Great Russian chauvinism, and Putin et al. view this as the one of the worst things to happen to Russia in its entire history

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Putin and his cronies don't want to emulate the USSR, because that comes with all these annoying nationalities attached. They want to return to the Tsar and the good old days of Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality, because the Russian people are the special children of God

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It's not putting it lightly to say that they truly believe that if not for Lenin, Ukraine would never have been "created" (and any Ukrainian—or anyone who knows anything about Ukrainian history—will tell you Ukraine did not originate with Lenin)

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With the Trump Administration abdicating its responsibility for public health policy grounded in facts and science, Illinois is proud to collaborate and stand up for our people's well-being.

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