On January 29, 1918, 400 Ukrainian cadets defended Kyiv against 4,000 invading Bolshevik troops, as Bolshevik Russia sought to overthrow Ukraine’s independent government.
The battle took place at a railroad station near the village of Kruty, 130 km (81 mi) northeast of Kyiv.
Today, Yushchenko and Tymoshenko attended a remembrance ceremony and even exchanged a few words before observing a moment of silence.
Tymoshenko, who campaigns on a patriotic platform, desperately needs Yushchenko voters’ support to win the February 7 runoff.
So don’t expect her to laugh at Putin’s jokes until at least Valentine's Day.
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Original source: http://tsn.ua
Friday, January 29, 2010
Ukraine Marks 92nd Battle of Kruty Anniversary
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"So don’t expect her to laugh at Putin’s jokes until at least Valentine's Day."
That made me laugh.
Nice work as always, Taras.
Thank you, Brian!
Actually, I got the numbers wrong. It was so silly of me because I knew it was 1918 and yet I wrote 1920/90th anniversary. Shame on me:(
Well, Valentine's Day is here soon. 14th February, right? I am not romantic enough to remember such things. :P
How about a Wikipedia link to learn more? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kruty
thank you for your post!
Ropi,
How could you put Tymoshenko on that quiz and not make her your favorite politician?:)
Andrew,
Good point! Here you go:)
Marta,
Good to see you again! You’re always welcome!
Saludos desde Kyiv!:)
It's curious that different historians give different estimation of the number of the cadets.
Dmytro Doroshenko http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmytro_Doroshenko
in his book "War and Revolution in Ukraine" numbers these students as 11 people.
S.Zbarazhsky' book «Kruty. To the great 40th anniversary of 29 January 1918 — 29 January 1956» published in New-York tells about 18 people.
Most of the fighters were Galicia-born.
You mean “Церква і революція на Україні” by Дмитро Дорошенко and “Крути. В 40-річчя великого чину 29 січня 1918-29 січня 1956” by С. Збаражський?
I haven’t read those books and I’m not an eyewitness. But the odds were still in the Bolsheviks’ favor, right?
Today, some Russians dispute Russia’s official against-all-odds accounts of the Battle of the Ice, putting the number at 1,700-2,000 Novgorodians vs. 65-70 Teutons.
http://www.balto-slavica.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=292
http://www.strana-oz.ru/?numid=20&article=93
http://gezesh.livejournal.com/2432.html
The first book's name you saying it is right. My bad.
But the odds are always in Bolshevik favor.
I won't paste here numbers on Ukraine'91 vs. Ukraine'10, population-wise or in terms of industry output.
Everyone knows them.-
And, correct me if I'm wrong, Battle on Ice' political charge in Russia is lesser to a degree contrasted to many things of the same category in Ukraine.
Sergei Eisenstein’s Alexander Nevsky (1938) became a WW II anti-German propaganda hit and remains an outstanding Soviet classic.
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