The Holodomor
1917-33 Ukraine tries to to leave Russia. Moscow invades to “stop violence”, spends years on a mass murder spree across the country, stokes unrest and eventually occupies it. The Kremlin
Category: Russian Colonialism
Independent Latvia
1917-32 Latvia tries to escape Russian Colonialism. Moscow manufactures a civil war, but fails to take over the country and Latvians manage to defend newly-born post-colonial democracy.
Bashkortostan
1917-21 Bashkortostan tries to escape Russian Colonialism and becomes the world’s first muslim democracy. Moscow stokes internal divisions, lures into a military union and then absorbs the republic, murders over
The Red Army Invasion of Azerbaijan
1917-32 Azerbaijan tries to escape Russian Colonialism. Moscow manufactures fakes about mass murders and invades “to stop violence”. Tens of thousands slaughtered.
The Basmachi Movement
1916–1934 Central Asia tries to leave the escape Russian Colonialism. Moscow invades to protect from “ethic violence”. Bukhara, one of the oldest cities in the world, ends up in ruins.