Відео

Although I have not read Myroslav's book I think I have enough knowledge and experience to comment. He should clearly examine the history of the territory of Ukraine as set out in 1991 and handed over to Ukraine by the USSR and the 200 years leading up to then. Up until the mid 19th century the land now known as Ukraine was essentially underdeveloped and agricultural. Tsar Alexander the second of Russia in 1870 instructed that the land now known as the Donbass be sold to the Welsh Entrepreneur John Hughes and was owned by his company "New Russia". John Hughes had a contract with Russia to develop the land into an industrial complex comprising of iron works, steel mills etc along with development of coal fields. By the turn of the century the Donbass area was one of the most industrialised areas in Europe with a very large steel making industry that supplied, amongst other steel products, most of the rails that were used to expand the rail network in Russia. Donetsk (formerly named Hughesovka after John Hughes) had expanded to a major town. Many Russians (along with a few Welsh) were attracted into the Donbass region and effectively Eastern Ukraine became a major Russian region known as Little Russia. (It is worth noting that Tsar Alexander also sold Alaska to the US in 1867!!). This set the scene for Eastern and Central Ukraine to be pro Russian and Russian speaking and Western Ukraine to remain with a legacy of multiple "foreign occupations" and a mixture of different ethnic cultures but with a desire starting to appear for a Ukrainian identity to emerge. When I lived and worked in Ukraine it was Shevshenko (the famous poet not the footballer) that was the hero that gave Ukraine its national identity starting from the 19th century. Although Myroslav hasn't mentioned Stepan Bandera, who controlled the radical militant wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the OUN-B, who actually was responsible for major atrocities in Western Ukraine against Poles, Jews and Ukrainians. He was involved in the assassination of the Polish Interior Minister Bronisław Pieracki in 1934. The Great famine of 1932/33 in Ukraine was used by the Ukrainian nationalists to propagate anti Russian feeling that Stalin had purposely made the Ukrainians suffer. In reality, if records are examined from that time, there were extensive famines all over Russia mainly caused by the incompetence of mismanagement of the transition of the economy to a more centralised system. However the famine was used by the ultra nationalists to encourage anti Russian sentiments that obviously still exist today. I have lived and worked in Russia and Ukraine and have relatives that range from nationalists with Neo Nazi attitudes to very pro Russian Ukrainians. I have found that practically all Ukrainians whether from the West or the East to be very nice people. It is the philosophy of the ultra nationalists that have started the problems in the Ukraine and these people pervade the politics who are in turn in the pockets of the Oligarchs. Ukraine is not a democracy but an oligarchy and has many more Oligarchs than Russia. In fact most Ukrainian Oligarchs have Russian passports!! The Western World has piggy backed the civil war to try to undermine Russia and it has backfired and the West including the EU and UK are paying the price. Whether the Galicia division of the SS Waffen did or did not carry out this or that atrocity is rather irrelevant to the present situation. What did happen is the coup in 2014 when the legitimate government in Ukraine was overthrown, aided and abetted by the West. The US backed Ukrainian government then started shelling the Donbass. Pro Russian people in Odessa were burnt to death. NATO and US were threatening to place even more missiles on the border of Ukraine. Our Boris stopped a peace treaty being signed in March 2022. The West should pray that someone starts peace talks soon before Ukraine will disappear for good.

This is very informative - but if the Ukrainian Cossacks didn't have families, can it really be said that modern Ukrainians have Cossack lineage? I have always thought of Ukraine as being Polonized Rus' (Ruthenia?) plus Cossacks... The idea that the former lands of the Crimean Khanate were settled by Russian Don Cossacks runs the risk of feeding into the Russian narrative of Eastern Ukraine in fact being Novorossiya, where Ukrainians only settled late in the game alongside Russians and others invited by the Tsar - Serbs, Greeks, Jews, Armenians, etc.

Funny how your son-in-law, playing pattycake with Obama, Biden, and NPR (for a paycheck) facilitated the Russian annexation of Crimea (under Obama) and the invasion of Eastern Ukraine (under Biden). He hasn't just betrayed America, with his support of the false Russia hoax unleashed by Democrats, but also YOU, personally. I'm sure your grandchildren are lovely humans. Your son-in-law has now had a terrifying effect on Ukraine. Obama gave Russia the Crimean Peninsula, and Biden essentially authorized the Russian assault into Eastern Ukraine. Yeah, your other (ex) son-in-law was no prize, but at least he didn't attack your heritage and history by unleashing global terror on your ancestral nation.

Kinda off topic, and not comparable to the barbarity of the Nazi regime, but the Mexican American war of 1846, based on some of the facts presented about this regime and its political, racial, and economical aims falls quite similar to the events played out in the Mexican American war. Many pro war Americans pointed to the fact Mexico, who was larger and had the best territory in North America was in their eyes “imbeciles, idle, undeserving, and barriers to progression” and while they took the moral imperative to request by purchase the territory from Mexico, it similarly upon its failure staged a conflict and aggressive event, similar to the Nazis staging polish aggression when it was really them in polish uniforms, used this to justify a aggressive war. Not only was it based on racial grounds that Mexican dominion no longer exist in North America, but it was illegal, as the power of declaring war belongs to congress not the president, so President James Polk, a slave holder himself, went behind his governments back, lied about the details, and defended it to the very last second. So the quote goes “if we talk of imperial dismemberment, Poland now stands not alone” since Mexico without just cause and against all laws of nations and friendships, was invaded and conquered. A quote to put in context why I think both wars are similar is best out here : “The imbecile race that now occupies that territory is expected to melt away at the approach of anglo Saxon industry and force, and like the savage American Indian of this continent, before a century rolls over, will become extinct, it can no longer be avoided than expedited. Manifest destiny is king! It rolls on a railroad speed, one event follows quickly another, and the American anglo Saxon will push beyond artificial boundaries until it meets a structural barrier, a size and force equal to itself, of which there is no such barrier in this entire continent. These acts 50 years on will be viewed will contempt and intrigue just as these last 50 years have been to us!You may try to stop this, but no such human force will prevail, it would be as if to place yourself on the cataract of the Niagara and bid the waters be still! It will, it must, and shall succeed!” In other words, Americas racially motivated views and negative connotations of Mexicans justified an self up and aggressive war, similar to that of the Nazi regime in its imperial occupation of the European countries. While the fatalities are significantly different, with the nazis going far past what the Americans intended, both deserve to be looked at under a similar lense

i don’t think anybody cares but this was me. i’m 13 going on 14 now and i like to come by and watch this video every once in a while because i was really freaking adorable

Mindless. And did she say "that's something that should be celibate"??? They are slavic and white through and through. What "pluralism"? And why should they have any: The ethnicities in Russia (10% of "Russians" are Muslims) are part of Russia because they were CONQUORED. Putin came to power turning Chechnya to rubble.

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress, to this day (2024), refuses to disavow anything the OUN-UPA did. Instead it perpetrates the outright lies that those organizations weren't fascist, and that it had nothing whatsoever to do with killing unarmed Jewish or Polish civilians in WWII. That doesn't at all negate the cause of Ukraine's independence, nor Ukraine's current existential war against Russia. But the both the ends AND the means matter.

The Orthodox Christian church is growing in USA some Ukranian Orthodox churches in USA are dying because of language barrier for younger generations born in USA but they will fix that

I enjoyed the video and plan to get both of your books.

What a great take on this amazing song!

Facts: The myth presenting the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists) and the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) as main actors in these acts of violence, was actively exploited by the Soviet and later Muscovite propaganda to justify the fight that the USSR’s repressive agencies were waging against these organizations. As the myth goes, during World War II the supporters of the nationalist movement were massively killing Jews, Poles, and Muscovite speakers. It thus gave grounds to the Soviet intelligence and members of the security service to fight against them till the late 1950s under the pretext to not let them “massively kill”.Not only OUN members but also members of the group that had formally nothing to do with the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists were presented as “Ukrainian nationalists” by the Soviet and Muscovite propagandaIt is not rare to see the statements in today’s Muscovite - MAGA- MARXIST - NEO NAZI media suggesting “mass killings of Jews by followers of Bandera” and that “Bandera was responsible for killings of Jews in western Ukraine”. They also claim that “Nachtigall” and “Roland” (German battalions formed of Ukrainian soldiers, which did not take part in combat actions) were among the main organizers of Holocaust in Ukraine. By mixing up these notions attempts are made to create a logical sequence in the heads of the viewers and readers suggesting that Ukrainians standing for the independent state are nationalists, while Ukrainian nationalists were killing Jews during World War II, which makes all standing for the independent Ukrainian state open or secret anti-Semites and criminals.Mass and systematic killings of Jews during World War II in Ukraine were conducted not by Ukrainian nationalists but by Nazi troops and militarized units. These were mainly staff of security service, SS and police as well as assistant personnel.

I wish there were more interviews with Michael Mucz on old remedies… Thank you so much for this video! ❤

Дякую панові Тарасові за чудовий детальний огляд (не)продуктивності академічної спільноти. Тепер зрозуміло, чому добрих років 5 після Євромайдану був такий дикий дефіцит контр-аргументів для боротьби проти російської пропаганди. Дуже вчасно було організовані українські кінофестивалі, щоб заповнити ту прогалину. Зараз, звичайно, ситуація інша. Повага Кузьові за невтомну працю, часто всупереч впертій коньюнктурі.

Reading what the soviets (especially Trotsky) wrote about the black army they say the same, i don't trust what soviets or German imperial colonialists(who effectively enslaved urkainian peasants) say on history, i think the peasants were the most correct about makhno, and i wouldnt listen to Mennonites as it would be a kin to listening to the CSA lost cause proganda (like on Sherman) not to say that the black army didnt do violence but it was directed and were not bandits, its funny how revolutionary figures get casted as a bandits or raiders for freedom fighting, great vid btw!

Apologies. A second mic was accidentally interfering with the sound for the first 70s seconds or so.

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Дякую за Ольгу Мак. Щойно причитав "Каміння під косою"

Canadian prairie Chernozem soil is identical to Ukraine's. Only those two places in the world have this rich black soil type which is perfect for large scale wheat production. 120 years ago the Canadian government offered free land incentives to Western Ukrainians to immigrate and develop. Ukrainians arrived ready prepared to farm the frigid bald headed prairie. Slava Ukraini! 🇨🇦🇺🇦

Typical Soviet style Ukrainian historical narrative: if many Ukrainians are like you, don't blame other people who think you as a nation are not much different from the Russians. Removing a people without killing them (Ukrainians) from a territory is genocide. But murdering people with axes and forks is not. Such a Russian-style logic of narration.

Дякую за правдиве слово!

Wagner, Putin’s private army. Formed in Donbas in 2o14 financed and armed by Putin were in Donbas in April 2022 and before. After Perzogin’s death Putin admitted to how much they paid to the .Wagner .group.

Crimea is true 🇺🇦 forever!!!!

Soviet Ukrainian....... Jews, should apologize?! does he even know what means to be a communist in the USSR? "I'm not racist, I have this Rabbi friend"

Дякую, Євгене Михайловичу за пояснення

In addition to Mr. Melnyk’s book, I would also highly recommend the book by Dr. Wasyl Weryha (unfortunately available only in Ukrainian) - Дорогами Другої Світової Війни - On the Roads of the Second World War. A copy of its relevant table of contents, in English translation, is shown directly below. Both books, amongst many others, are indispensable. CONTENTS The Warsaw Uprising of 1944 and the Ukrainians .5 Historical documentation of the uprising. .7 What do the witnesses testify? .... Did the Ukrainians participate in crushing the uprising? . • .. 19 . . . . . .35 The Division "Galicia" in Soviet and Polish literatures .. ...51 How and when the Division was formed? ... ..53 The Division "Galicia" and Soviet propaganda. ...60 The Division "Galicia" in Polish literature . ... ..92 The Division "Galicia" and civiltan population ... . . . . . ... . .... 103 The Division "Galicia" and German concentration camps. ......123 The Division "Galicia" - a link in the Ukrainian liberation movement 141 Introduction. ... • . . . . ..... 143 The Division's name and its history. ...146 "Who should we ally with?" .... ....151. Was the Division a "German colonial unit?" .. ... 15.8 The Division "Galicia" in the POW camps and afterwards . .....172 Ukrainian Division "Galicia" in Soviet and Polish Literatures ... .... 179 A history in a nutshell. • • 0 00 The Division in Polish literature . . ... The Division in the Ukrainian partisan literature .. ... ...181 ...189 ....204 Documents.. Bibliography ... Index of personal names . Index of Geographical names. .... 209

Thank you for your superb history book, Mr. Melnyk!

Absolute music legend. Love his music

Дякую! Моя англійська не достатньо добра, щоб зрозуміти УВЕСЬ сенс сказаного, АЛЕ, здається, все правильно... Дякую за розповідь про батька Махно !

russia is pure evil

Now this brings back memories.Not so much about the zabava's but meeting Nadia when we flew half way round the world to be in Toronto for the Bloor Street Ukrainian Festival. I have both of her CD's (one signed by Nadia) and very fond memories of talking with her parents at the festival.A quick visit to meet with another group Kavaleri and some people will always be the highlight of the trip. One would ask, where are they all now?

Not surprising. A lot of Canadians evem 7 years later are pretty ignorant

He called it. 6 Years ago this video. Ukraine war happened not long after.

Are they sure they are Ukrainians ? Those look like Human Beings to me. Are they still in the Holy Roman Empire? Where was Scythia?

Like in the 2nd world war, dear Michael melnyk, today selinski and the ukranians blame others about their war. The terrible affront by the ukranian ambassador Andre melnyk towards the germans during today's war in ukraineand the aggressive demands by selensky is a different way of a gerrman conversation nowadays. I am a 77 year young german woman, born by a Latvian mother and german father, greatly loved till their death. My mum never was as demanding like the ukranians are today, although being supported with everything in each European country, better than European citizens. My mum was thankful as a young woman with a piece of bread given to her. My family is destroyed all over the world and had to build up their lives by themselves. I live in ireland and think that that uktanians should be more thankful what europe all give them instead of covering eurpe with their ukranian flags and teach them to shout ...ukraine. Sorry, but that's what irish people think too. Each country went through dark history, not only ukraine with all this corruption and oligarchs . Hope that selenskys ukrainians don't believe that Europeans love this war. Thks for listening to a different view regarding wars as today with selenski in ukraine

I remember reading many years ago that the US secretly gave the KGB a long list of Ukrainian insurgents in the late 1950s, most of whom were then executed, to smooth out some sort of agreement between Eisenhower & Khrushchev. Can't find the source now & I doubt it, even though I seem to recall it was in a published history book (not online)

Sadly ''Out of Print--Limited Availability.''

REWRITING HISTORY!

THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE, NO SUBSTANCE TO SUPPORT THOSE ALLEGATIONS! HOW NICE!!!! HOW NICE! THEY WER ANGELS! AND YOU DID YOUR BEST! PLEASE!!!!!!!! SS TROOPS! PLEASE! THEY CERTAIN WERE NOT NAZIS? SO WHY DO YOU HAVE THEM IN UKRAINE? WHY ALL THE SUASTICAS AND THE LEVELED ARMS????? PLEASE! STOP WASHING YOUR WAR CRIMES, CAUSE IT IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!!!! SO BANDERA WAS A GOOD GUY, HE WAS NOT A NAZI NOR NOTHING ABOUT IT! PLEASE!

Poor guys, they didn't nothing evil, they just were under German orders....circunstancial evidences! please! Only the germans gave them a hand against the soviets! Camon! they were SS Soldiers, and we all know what that means! It means horrendous war crimes!!!!!!!!!! bla bla blah do diminish the history of those nazis!

In Poland some people still have the memory to the posture of last commander of the divison, cartain Ukrain contract service colonel Pavlo Shandruk and his heroic service against german Nazi invaders in 1939 was awarded Virtuti Military by general Anders after the war. Howerver our relations wasted great momentum for recounciliation and tell the whole truth, enable the Poles to count all our victims of war crimes for once.

Try your "theory" on Col. Macgregor and he will stop you cold - very cold!

Agreed, however Lazar Kaganovich lived a long healthy life and died unaccountable without the slightest vilification. Quit picking at the old scabs of past generations. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

We should allow Ukraine to access a portion of the international frozen Russian assets. Release say 75 to 100 billion USD to enable Ukraine to buy additional weapons from Korea, Taiwan etc. Hell...the funds could even pay for a portion of the donated weapons so that Western taxpayers don't complain. Funds could be provisionally released with Russia retaining the ability to recover in the future. Obviously, Russian recovery would be decided by international courts, and would be first subject to damage reparations to Ukraine. Fair?

Stalin was Georgian, Kreuschev was Ukrainian. Why Ukranian hate Russians?

A very interesting and well-researched book. This book is primarily geared toward an "academic" reading audience -- with no black or white answers/generalizations (e.g., the simplistic conclusions that any Nazi led division were by definition, fascist and antiemetic Nazi collaborators, and post-war these individuals remained fascist and anti-Semitic). Like actual history itself, that will leave many lay readers (expecting "answers") a bit unsatisfied, but if you want to learn and accept nuance -- without labelling groups unfairly -- this book is a great read. NOTE: Statistic from the video: ------------------------------------------------- WW2 "collaborators" with Nazi Germany - Ukrainians = 220,000 - former Soviet Union = 1 million plus Therefore, the main reason for the first group of Ukrainians joining the German division was to build an army for post-war independence (Nationalism) and joining the Western nations. Pre-war Soviet oppression, including the terrible "famine" in the 1930s, was still fresh in the minds of Ukrainians, especially western Ukrainians.

Galicia was like Talerhof. A genocidal operation against Russians. Whenever you hear Holocaust of the Jews. Just be assured, they were Russian. Just like what they did to the Armenians. The Serbs. The Croats. And what is happening today. To this day, nobody is telling the truth publicly. Who do you think runs the Western Catholic Church? The Vatican. The same people who believe in the Old Holy Roman Empire. And want those days back. It's NOT gonna happen. No matter how much witchcraft they use.

I notice you mentioned the Galician Division was conscripted but Wikipedia says it was volunteers. Quite a big difference politically.

Who could believe something called the Iron Guard was fascist 🙄

Ukraine wasn't a country until 1991.

Glory to Volhynia!