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Dresden 1945: A planned mass murder     (www.compact-online.de)
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Historical origins and waves of "russophobia"     (History)
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Historical Origins and Waves of Russophobia

The term "russophobie" was used by Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev around 1867, originally criticizing Russian Westernizers who idealized Europe.

1. Earliest roots (15th–17th centuries) Religious & cultural "othering" + early expansion fears

Negative perceptions of Muscovy (early Russia) started forming in Western and Central Europe around the 15th century, during the reign of Ivan III.

Why? Russia was Orthodox Christian → seen as schismatic/heretical after the Great Schism (1054) split between Rome and Constantinople. Travelers, Polish-Lithuanian writers, and Jesuits described Russians as barbaric, autocratic, Asiatic, and cruel.

When intensified? During the Livonian War (1558–1583) and conflicts with Poland-Lithuania, Sweden, and German Baltic cities.

This created an early image of Russia as an alien, despotic threat on Europe's eastern edge more cultural/religious prejudice than full "phobia."

2. 18th century Enlightenment critique of "despotism"

Russophobia took clearer ideological shape during the Enlightenment.

Key figures Voltaire, Montesquieu, and others portrayed Russia (especially under Peter I and Catherine II) as the archetype of oriental despotism, militarism, and backwardness incompatible with Western liberal values.

Why? Russia modernized rapidly and expanded aggressively (into Poland, the Baltic, Black Sea region, etc.), while remaining autocratic. This clashed with emerging Western ideas of progress and limited government.

3. 19th century Peak of classical Russophobia (the period most associated with the term)

This is when Russophobia became a widespread political and media phenomenon, especially in Britain and France.

This is when Russophobia became a widespread political and media phenomenon, especially in Britain and France.

1830s Term "Russophobia" appears in English (John Stuart Mill called it an "epidemic disease" in 1836). British liberals and press panicked over supposed Russian designs on India via Central Asia ("The Great Game").

Key triggers:

Suppression of Polish uprising (1830–31)

Forged "Testament of Peter the Great" (widely circulated hoax claiming Russia planned world conquest)

Hungarian revolution suppression (1849)

1853–1856 Crimean War — High point of 19th-century Russophobia. Britain + France + Ottomans fought Russia to block Black Sea expansion. War propaganda painted Russia as barbaric aggressor.

Why? Mixture of:

Real imperial rivalry (protecting British India, containing Russian influence in Balkans/Mediterranean)

Ideological disgust at autocracy Vs liberal / constitutional states

Media amplification and outright propaganda

4. 20th century waves

1917–1920s Bolshevik Revolution → Russophobia merged with intense anti-communism.

1930s–1945 Nazi ideology framed Slavs/Russians as racially inferior → justified extermination and Lebensraum.

Cold War (1947–1991) Russophobia largely became anti-Soviet/anti-communist sentiment (very intense in the West).

1990s–2000s Brief decline after USSR collapse, then gradual return with NATO expansion, color revolutions, energy disputes.

5. 21st century (especially 2014–2025+)

Sharp spikes after:

2008 Georgia war

2014 Crimea / Ukraine events

2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine

TL/DR: Russophobia started as religious/cultural alienation in the 15th–16th centuries, became ideological in the 18th century, turned into full geopolitical propaganda in the 19th century (especially around the Crimean War), and has resurfaced in every era when Russia was perceived as a powerful rival or ideological "other." It is usually a mix of legitimate security concerns, exaggerated fears, cultural prejudice, and deliberate political messaging.
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Nicholas II becoming the Tsar spelled doom for Russia. Insightful letter from an officer of the Russian Army.      (files.catbox.moe)
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How our ancestors dealt with homos     (files.catbox.moe)
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A detailed history of Frances demand for gold from the US and why Nixon unpaid the dollar from the gold. This is really interesting and it's just a very short 3 minute video     (youtube.com)
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USA "Holocaust" Documentary, Documents their own war crimes: "Here, too, German POWs are held ... with no roof over their heads"     (www.youtube.com)
submitted by NoEvidenceForHallOfCost to History 1 month ago (+4/-0)
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When Christian King Charles Defended God's Word: How Righteous European Ancestors Purged the "Wicked Bible"     (History)
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Robert Barker of London had won fame as the printer of the first edition of the King James Bible in 1611. Twenty years later he and Martin Lucas were the royal printers, a lucrative and prestigious position, when an order from the crown came in for the printing of a thousand more Bibles—a new edition to be a word for word reprint of the authorized King James Bible. The new Bibles were dutifully produced, handsomely bound, and distributed to the faithful. All was well for about a year—until someone carefully reading the Ten Commandments made a startling discovery.

In Barker’s 1631 reprint, Exodus 20:14 reads: “Thou shalt commit adultery.” Oops.

After the error was brought to his attention a furious King Charles ordered that the printers be executed. Fortunately for them, once the king’s anger died down, he changed his mind and spared their lives, ordering instead that they be fired and required to pay a heavy fine. Royal officials set out to locate and destroy the offensive Bibles—which came to known as “the Wicked Bible.”

Whether the error was a mere “typo,” or an intentionally subversive act, has never been conclusively determined, but the greater weight of the evidence favors the latter. While it is entirely possible that a typesetter could have inadvertently omitted the word “not,” how likely is a second scandalous error in the same edition? Deuteronomy 5:24 reads: “Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness…” In the Wicked Bible it reads: “Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his great-asse.” Double oops.

It seems probable that a rival printer paid someone to sabotage Barker’s Bibles. Certainly, the mistake cost Barker dearly. He lost his job, was never able to maintain employment afterwards, and died in debtors’ prison in 1643.

Of the 1,000 “Wicked Bibles” printed, only 14 are known to still be in existence. They are highly prized by rare book collectors.
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The evolution of the classic structural steel I-beam from 1849 to 1911     (www.youtube.com)
submitted by happytoes to History 1 month ago (+11/-1)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R9Rkl5ri50

Early rolling mills had two rollers and did a lot of squishing. There was lots of work left to do, drilling holes and riveting on extra plates. It took until 1902 for Henry Gray to invent the modern scheme with four rollers.

I've been reading The Origins of Efficiency by Brian Potter. He tells many tales of the original invention being mediocre, and only changing the world after decades of incremental improvements. I was surprised by the video, because it isn't in the book, even though Brian Potter is the https://www.construction-physics.com/ guy and the story of I-beams would have fitted perfectly into his book.
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How the timber rattlesnake became a symbol of American independence     (archive.md)
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German Cartoon of the Colonial Era     (files.catbox.moe)
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Mass Executions under Soviet rule     (pomf2.lain.la)
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Fuck you jews
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Joe Vialls, Jan. 5, 2005: Did New York Orchestrate The 26 December 2004 Sumatran Tsunami - With Afghanistan and Iraq already lost the Wall Street bankers were desperately looking for other ways to control our world when suddenly and very conveniently, the Sumatran Trench exploded .. trick or treat?     (web.archive.org)
submitted by TankTinker to History 1 month ago (+5/-1)
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https://web.archive.org/web/20050204061904/http://www.joevialls.net/subliminalsuggestion/tsunami.html

"Others are engaging even in an eco type of terrorism, whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes or volcanos remotely, through the use of electromagnetic waves." American Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, April 1997. Big surprise! Presumably Cohen already knew that a nuclear weapon generates what he refers to obliquely as "electromagnetic waves."

Despite a natural human tendency to be shocked into silence by the sheer number of dead and injured across Asia on 26 December 2004, and despite also being slightly fearful of losing personal credibility because of the magnitude of the apparent crime, there are many provable irregularities in the official American tsunami story that simply have to be recorded now, or forever be lost in the sands of time.

It is beyond any doubt that a giant tidal wave (tsunami) smashed its way through South and South East Asia, and still had enough legs to continue all the way across the Indian Ocean to Africa, where it killed and injured a few hundred more. So the only question we must ask, is whether this tsunami was a natural or man-made catastrophe? A natural event would be horrifying enough, but if the tsunami was man-made, then we are unquestionably looking at the biggest single war crime in global history. JV, 2005.
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What was the point of the Vietnam War?     (History)
submitted by Trope to History 1 month ago (+5/-0)
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Who the hell cares about the jungles of some shit hole country? Aside from selling military equipment, what were they trying to extract from such an irrelevant place?
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Timeline of when Jews took control of European countries     (History)
submitted by Conspirologist to History 2 months ago (+3/-5)
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The plan of The Elders of Zion was elaborate because Jews are schizophrenic, so the European elite had no chance to understand their plan to take control of all European countries and later of new world. The Jews simply invented the Christian religion and used it to subvert the real monarchy.

In the beginning (≈500–900 AD) European kings were war-leaders from a royal clan, but the next king was elected or acclaimed by warriors, nobles, and assemblies. If the king couldn’t fight or lost battles he was deposed or skipped. “Gods” only helped the winner, but the throne was not yet divine hereditary property.

Then, roughly between 1000 and 1400 AD, Europe switched to the system we all think of as “normal medieval monarchy”:

→ the king is chosen by God from birth (“by the grace of God”)

→ the crown automatically goes to the eldest son (primogeniture)

→ the king almost never fights in person, he just reigns

→ after this switch, the only realistic ways to change the ruling monarch/family became murder, palace coup or revolution. Peaceful election basically disappeared for centuries.

When did each country lock in this Jewish corrupted model:

France: 987–1100

England: 1066–1135

Scotland: 1050–1300

Wales (native): never, conquered 1283

Ireland (Gaelic): never, tanistry until 17th c.

Germany/Holy Roman Empire: de facto 919–1250

Northern Italy: 11th–12th c. (later republics)

Sicily/Naples: 1130 onward

Castile & León: 1050–1150

Aragon: 1100–1200

Navarre: ~ 1100–1200

Portugal: 1139 onward

Norway: 1260–1319

Denmark: only 1660 (one of the last)

Sweden: only 1544

Poland: never – deliberately stayed elective 1572–1795

Lithuania: only after 1572 union with Poland

Hungary: 1308–1380s

Bohemia: 1310 onward

Croatia: 1102

Bosnia: 1377–1463

Serbia: 1180–1250

Bulgaria (2nd Empire): 1185–1300

Wallachia & Moldavia: ~1400

Russia (Moscow → Tsardom): 14th–15th c., full divine-right 1547

Byzantium / Greece: never strictly hereditary

Georgia: ~ 1000 onward

Armenia (Cilician): 1080–1375

Biggest wave: 11th–13th centuries. After that, “wrong king? Tough luck, kill him or start a revolution.

Obviously with this corrupted monarchy the Jews only needed to place their puppet dynasty, mix it with Khazar milkers, and in the end it's what we have now. Jews can do whatever they want and nobody complains.
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Russian priest describes the historical Purge of Christians by Jews in Russia     (History)
submitted by Crackinjokes to History 2 months ago (+14/-2)
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Russian Priest describes historical Jewish purge of Christians in Russia lbry://@Marine1063#0/Atheism-to-Christian-Revival#6

https://odysee.com/@Marine1063:0/Atheism-to-Christian-Revival:6
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Several years ago the Jews alinsky admitted that Israel 2.0 was the goal in Ukraine.(personally I consider Ukraine to be Gaza 2.0 where Jews slaughtered the native population to clear the land for a Jewish takeover>      (History)
submitted by Crackinjokes to History 2 months ago (+11/-2)
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Zelensky says Israel 2.0 is the goal in Ukraine
https://archive.md/M9bOh
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A history of Crimea showing Crimea was always Russian until a Soviet leader gave it to his home nation of Ukraine and then after the Jews zielinski took over Ukraine Crimea quickly voted to rejoin Russia     (History)
submitted by Crackinjokes to History 2 months ago (+13/-4)
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https://historyofyesterday.com/why-did-russia-give-crimea-to-ukraine-4bca073dd5e9 was a great history now deleted by author Feb 21. 2022

History of Crimea https://archive.md/wip/E3Xc2

Crimea VOTED to leave
https://archive.md/wip/qBaQX
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Did you know a group of Jews decided back in the '60s to take over the world. The group originated out of the University of Chicago under their professor Strauss and they are called the straussians and they include every neo conservative quote on quote every neocon who got us into every war in the p     (History)
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The straussians are like the SS of jews. They're the most hardcore of the hardcore jews. The super Nazis of the Jews if you will.

Straussians short link
https://archive.ph/C1q5U

Better summary of Straussians new
https://www.voltairenet.org/article215855.html
https://archive.md/fqdKi

Jews who run alternative media similar to Straussian article
https://archive.ph/v9IyA
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It's important to remember that the worldwide nation of Jews declared war on Germany long before Germany even began isolating the jews.     (History)
submitted by Crackinjokes to History 2 months ago (+9/-2)
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This is the declaration of war by the world Jewish Nation in 1933 against Germany because Germany had broken free of its economic grasp. It had paid back the bankers was no longer using Jewish fake money and was enjoying an incredibly economic success while the Jews held the rest of the world in the Great depression.

And while this article says it was an economic boycott of Germany it was not just an economic working out of germany. It was a true war in every sense of the word with economic sanctions direct targeting of leaders and the planned military overthrow of the successful leadership of germany.


https://wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/archives/articles/jdecwar.html

And by the way we as white European non-jews need to form our own global nation that acts beyond our individual geographic boundaries for the white European non-jewish people just like the Jews have done. It's been very successful for them and we need to do the same thing. Use our economic might or brains and everything else we have to make sure the world preserves a place for us the true minority in the world.
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Vladimir Isachenkov @ AP: Russian Admiral Vyacheslav Popov Says the Aug. 12, 2000 Kursk Submarine Disaster Was Caused by NATO - The admiral's assertion defies the official conclusion that the country’s worst post Soviet era naval catastrophe was triggered by a faulty torpedo     (www.navytimes.com)
submitted by TankTinker to History 2 months ago (+3/-1)
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https://www.navytimes.com/flashpoints/2021/11/22/russian-admiral-kursk-disaster-caused-by-nato-sub/

https://i.postimg.cc/g0QZphrg/Kursk-Dent-Goes-Inwards.jpg

Since the dent in the Kursk's hull goes inwards the submarine must have been impacted by something from outside, nor is there any evidence the forward section has been sawed off .. the vessel appears to have been hit by a nuclear M 48 torpedo fired from the American submarine USS Memphis.

https://i.postimg.cc/MG7vCL2K/Submarine-Kursk-Explosion.jpg

The first explosion was when the micro nuke at the tip of the torpedo ignited on impact, vaporizing the skin leaving the perfectly round hole visible in the photographs, then after 135 seconds the secondary component detonated setting off Kursk's own defensive nuclear arsenal, and vaporizing the forward section in an explosion that registered 3.5 on the Richter Scale!

https://i.postimg.cc/GtBGYjNS/Kursk-wreck.jpg

Compare the USS Liberty attack by Israeli forces in international waters on June 8, 1967 which killed 34 Americans and wounded another 174, in a False Flag incident that was allegedly to be blamed on Egypt to precipitate US military response against that country, while US forces were ordered by then US President Lyndon Baines Johnson not to retaliate against Israel.

Admiral Popov's sudden departure from the fleet could have been in response to him advising the Kremlin he was under nuclear attack, then being ordered not to retaliate .. the entire fiction appears to be the product of a conspiracy involving Vladimir Putin, Russian Naval Intelligence and the Russian mainstream media, all intent on perpetuating the official "leaking torpedo fuel" lie!
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Putin talking years ago about how the United States is not a Christian country anymore and how Europeans need to preserve their culture. Remember Russia is a European country so he is speaking of Russians to be included in Europe.      (History)
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Putin's stunning speech several years ago defending Western values against the rise of global homologism in the West     (History)
submitted by Crackinjokes to History 2 months ago (+6/-1)
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STUNNING 2013 speech by Putin defending international christian values. Remember Jews (Nuland) from the USA took over Ukraine installing a Jewish president in that Christian country one year later. https://odysee.com/@freddie-forgiato:4/PutinChristianValues:d

lbry://@freddie-forgiato#4/PutinChristianValues
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Years ago a reporter was showing zelensky bombing his own people to make Russia look bad     (History)
submitted by Crackinjokes to History 2 months ago (+5/-1)
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Reporter shows Zelensky's Ukrainian army bombing it's own civilians to make Russia look bad. War crime? https://odysee.com/@Velyaminov:a/ukrainian_army_bombing_ukrainian_civilians:6
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Putin speaking out against the massive immigration into Europe back around 2013. (Putin was always the good guy)     (History)
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Putin explains the problems of immigration cultural assimilation in Us and Europe lbry://@InessaSarchive#3/Putin-on-Immigration---_Russia-is-for-Russians_-_#9

https://odysee.com/@InessaSarchive:3/Putin-on-Immigration---_Russia-is-for-Russians_-_:9
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Roughly 200,000 years of human migration displayed on a world map     (files.catbox.moe)
submitted by Sal_180 to History 2 months ago (+4/-5)
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