Chapter 1271 Ukraine – Transcaucasia 1
As Ruprecht's wife, the prince would help Her Royal Highness Princess Mary to wear the laurel crown belonging to the King of Austria. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoAnd as a lover and collaborator of the prince, the prince will also help the latter to gain a foothold in Ukraine in the future! And their child Henry will also occupy an important place in the future of Ukraine.
Ukraine, the Caucasus! The prince set his sights on the map. He picked up the pen in his hand, walked over to the map, and after a moment of contemplation, drew an almost vertical line in the area west of Kiev. This will become the territory of the future Austrian Empire! The nascent Austrian Empire needed enough food. And after paying enough price, if you can't get enough benefits, it may be a trouble to integrate the various factions in the country.
(Even historically, the so-called independence of Ukraine was not the Ukraine of later generations, after all, the Ukraine of later generations included the Lviv region, which was an integral part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire before World War 1 .......) )
The western region of Ukraine is an important grain producing area, but it is also a region less influenced by Russia, and in the history of later generations, for example, in 2001, the total number of Russian-speaking people in the western regions of Ukraine generally did not exceed 10%! And the main religion in western Ukraine is Catholicism, well, this has a natural affinity with the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It would be desirable to include this part of Ukraine in the Austrian Empire.
And then there's Central Ukraine, well, that's right, you're right, it's Central Ukraine, do you really think that Ukraine is divided into east and west according to ethnicity and faith? Please, that's a superficial division for later generations who don't know much about Ukrainian history, but in fact, Ukraine can be divided into western, central, eastern and southern according to the order of conquest, ethnicity, and religious beliefs. (Sorry, there is no such thing as Northern Ukraine)
In terms of national blood, Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians actually originated from the ancient Rus'. So the Ukrainians are also called Little Russians. The Ksyakos were also made up of serfs and poor people who had fled from the areas around Kiev to the eastern Dnieper region.
In the time of Empress Catherine, Russia destroyed the Cossack hetmanship and gained the territory of the Dnieper region, which was called Eastern Ukraine. And after the destruction of the Crimean Khanate, the acquired area was called South Ukraine, which was originally inhabited by the Tatars. This was the case even after the end of the 2 wars. It was only because of the cooperation between the aborigines and the Germans that Stalin moved away in 1954, and then replaced the local ethnic group with the Russian .......
It should be noted that at this time, the Crimea region was not yet part of the Ukrainian ....... It was Khrushchev who really did the work of dividing the Crimean peninsula into Ukraine, and it is said that Khrushchev decided to do so, and there is a story that Khrushchev made his fortune in Ukraine. At the beginning, he worked as a manager in the Donbass coal mines, then in the 20s he was the head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of Ukraine, and in 1937 he was called the first secretary of Ukraine.
So after he came to power, he still had a lot of feelings for Ukraine, and then once he went to his hometown in Ukraine to revisit, and came to Crimea in a daze, at this time, Crimea has been replaced by Russians, but the new Russians are not doing well, the Ukrainian conquest has no obligation to care about Russia, and the Crimean Peninsula is not connected to other places ....... So Khrushchev directly assigned the Crimea region to the ...... of the Republic of Ukraine. Well, that's all!
So, from the current point of view, Eastern Ukraine is Cossacks and Russified Ukrainians, and Southern Ukraine is Tatars who believe in Islam, so from the current point of view, Central Ukraine is dominated by Cossacks. Russification of eastern Ukraine is more serious. Western Ukraine, on the other hand, is closer to Poland and Austria-Hungary on religious issues. So, in this case, the prince intends to take parts of Western Ukraine and Central Ukraine, which together are less than half of the later Ukraine. In addition, the future German-Austrian fleet may also be stationed in the Sevastopol fortress.
And then what? That's it? Let Ukraine, which has more than half of it left, directly independent? If it was the Kaiser, then it was done, but the prince thought that it was too rough and too low, and if he could, the prince hoped that the nascent Ukrainian state could be expanded a little further eastward, preferably to Volgograd in the future, well, this place still has a name in the 2nd World War, called Stalingrad! Before 1925 it was called Charitsyn!
Why? Because in the future system, Ukraine is positioned as an important ally of Germany and Austria, and this ally must have a certain strength, and at the same time can only rely on Germany and Austria! And in order to achieve this goal, Ukraine, which has already lost a considerable part of its territory, naturally cannot be completed, after all, the rest of the place is a little small, lacks depth, and at the same time the hatred with the nascent Red USSR is not big enough!
Volgograd is indeed a very important place, just from the geographical location, it is the junction of roads and waterways connecting the Eurasian continent! To the east and north, access to the heart of the Soviet Union is possible. To the south, the resource-rich Caucasus is located, and to the west is Ukraine! It was also one of the most important granaries of Russia.
If Ukraine occupies here, it can serve as a barrier to the Caucasus under German-Austrian control. At the same time, it also choked the passage of Russia's advance on the southern front! And if the Soviet Union became strong, it would definitely not give up here! Purely from the point of view of geographical location and food, the Soviet Union had to control this place for its own security! Then the question arises, will the nascent Ukraine be able to hold back the Soviets?
Perhaps, the Soviet Union in this plane could not defeat the German ...... after the victorious expansion of World War I. But! It's okay to kill a Ukraine! So, now the question arises, what should the newborn Ukraine do in order to survive if it is sandwiched between the two great powers, Germany and the Soviet Union? Naturally, they can only take refuge in Germany, can they still surrender to the Soviet Union?! That independence still has a meaning of hair!
Moreover, after the eastward expansion, the national problem within Ukraine will definitely be aggravated, and the central and southern parts will not be close to Russia. However, the east is more influenced by Russia, and after arriving in Volgograd, there must be many Russians there, although Ukrainians are still in the majority, but the national problem within Ukraine will definitely be more serious. At this time, if Ukraine wants to exist, it can only rely on Germany and Austria! Count on the prince!
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