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Sep 13, 2022 • 63 tweets • 60 min read • Read on X
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moscow is awfully uncreative. in the last one hundred years #russianColonialism has been using the same invasion and occupation tactic over and over and over again. thread.
1911-44. tannu-tuva tries to leave #russianColonialism. moscow stages a coup, installs a puppet regime, starts cultural erasure, sends ethnically russian settler colonialists, forces tuva to grant them citizenship and eventually annexes the country
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvan_Peo… Image
1916-34. central asian nations try to leave #russianColonialism. moscow invades to 'protect from violence’ & to 'civilize.' bukhara, one of the world's oldest cities, bombed to the ground. tens of thousands slaughtered in pogroms and ethnic cleansing
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basmachi_… ImageImageImage
1917-53. ukraine is leaving #russianColonialism. moscow invades to ‘stop violence’, spends years on a mass murder spree across the country, stokes unrest, and eventually occupies it. kremlin uses the #holodomor genocide, mass terror to crush the resistance
holodomormuseum.org.ua/en/ ImageImage
1917-20. azerbaijan leaves #russianColonialism. moscow manufactures fakes about mass murders and invades ‘to stop violence.’ tens of thousands were slaughtered in the following terror
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army_… ImageImage
1917-20. armenia leaves #russianColonialism. moscow invades 'to protect from impending genocide.' in practice, it means dissolving the republic and occupying it
communistcrimes.org/en/countries/a… Image
1917-24. georgia leaves #russianColonialism. moscow stages ethnic violence and invades to ‘protect itself.’ russians execute thousands, deport 20,000+ in ethnic cleansing
civil.ge/archives/39704…
georgianjournal.ge/society/32243-… ImageImageImage
1917-45. north caucasus leaves #russianColonialism. moscow stages ethnic violence, invades to ‘stop it.’ russians deploy series of genocides and mass deportations in the following two decades killing hundreds of thousands
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaino… ImageImage
1917-21. bashkortostan leaves #russianColonialism, becomes the world's first muslim democracy. moscow stokes internal divisions, lures into a military union with fake promises of preserving the democracy, mass murders the elites and then absorbs it
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkiria… Image
1917-20. estonia leaves #russianColonialism. moscow assembles pro-russian estonian paramilitary forces, a puppet estonian leadership, and invades to ‘protect estonian opposition.’ estonians kick russians out
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1917-44. indigenous nation of crimean tatars leaves #russianColonialism, set up the 2nd-ever muslim democracy. moscow invades 'to protect opposition,' executes 33-yo president numan çelebicihan. genocide, deportations kill every 2nd crimean tatar
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_P… ImageImageImageImage
1917-20. ukrainians of don/kuban’ leave #russianColonialism, set up democracies. russians stoke internal political/ethnic divisions, assassinate political leadership, invade to 'protect iteself.' moscow ethnically cleanses and russifies the region
babel.ua/en/texts/76760… ImageImageImage
1917-18. idel-ural tries to leave #russianColonialism. a tatar proto-republic had one of the world's 1st democratic muslim parliaments. moscow stokes internal ethnic divisions, kidnaps MPs, invades, starves almost a third of local population to death
idel-ural.org/en/ ImageImageImage
1917-53. belarus leaves #russianColonialism. moscow creates a puppet statelet, invades to ‘’liberate’. small belarusian army resists kremlin forces for over a month on a heroic suicide mission but loses. 600k+ killed in ethnic cleansing
communistcrimes.org/en/countries/b… ImageImageImageImage
1917-53. moldova leaves #russianColonialism. moscow stokes divide, invades to ‘liberate.' neighboring romania kicks russians out, absorbs moldova. russians reoccupy it in 1940 via pact with hitler. tens of thousands killed/deported
communistcrimes.org/en/countries/m… ImageImage
1917-43. the indigenous nation of kalmyks leaves #russianColonialism, joins anti-colonial coalition of ukrainian cossack and northern caucasian states. moscow invades, punishes kalmyks with controlled starvation, deports entire nation killing every third
opendemocracy.net/en/odr/kalmyki… ImageImageImageImage
1917-37. indigenous nation of buryats leaves #russianColonialism. russians infiltrate buryat-mongolia government, stoke divide, disband it. moscow occupies the state to “civilize it out of feudalism.” tens of thousands are slaughtered, become refugees
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_… ImageImageImageImage
1918-20. latvia leaves #russianColonialism. moscow creates a competing puppet government, manufactures a ‘civil war’ narrative to legitimize the invasion, but latvians kick russians out
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian_W… ImageImageImage
1918-20. lithuania leaves #russianColonialism. moscow breaks post-ww1 treaty that guaranteed lithuanian independence, creates a puppet statelet to legitimize the invasion, orchestrates a coup, but lithuanians push back
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania… ImageImageImageImage
1918-22. karelia launches anti-#russianColonialism. uprising. moscow lies it is a foreign incursion, invades, bans democratically-elected assembly, creates a puppet govt. hundreds slaughtered, approx 30,000 became refugees, local language/culture banned
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Kare… ImageImage
1918-24. indigenous evenks people leave #russianColonialism amid mass terror and cultural erasure. moscow lures the repunlic into ceasefire with fake autonomy promises, then mass slaughteres the leadership
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungus_Re… ImageImage
1918-27. indigenous nation of sakha leaves #russianColonialism. russians fuel the internal divide. moscow creates a competing puppet republic and recolonizes the state. mass murder of local elites and settler colonism turn sakha into a 33% minority
doi.org/10.18584/iipj.… ImageImageImage
1921-39. mongolia is trying leave chinese colonialism, asks international help. russians insert themselves into domestic infighting, invade to 'liberate from feudalism’, bring the country into colonial subjugation. moscow-orchestrated terror kills 30k+
communistcrimes.org/en/countries/m… ImageImageImageImage
1931-33. indigenous nation of khanty tries to leave #russianColonialism after centuries of exploitation, cultural erasure. moscow drowns anti-colonial uprising in blood, decimating local indigenous villages with aircraft artillery and machine guns
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazym_reb… ImageImageImage
1932. indigenous nation of dolgans tries to leave #russianColonialism, sick of economic exploitation, cultural erasure. moscow lures the nation into a ceasefire with fake promises of autonomy, later murders uprising leaders
tol.org/client/article… ImageImageImage
1934-43. indigenous nation of nenets tries to leave #russianColonialism after centuries of exploitation, cultural erasure. moscow deploys troops and machine guns. surviving rebels are arrested, and many are tortured to death
academia.edu/479640/Two_War… Image
1937-47. planning another colonization of poland, moscow claims all poles are foreign spies, launches genocide slaughtering over 111,000 of them, every 5th living under russian rule, under the excuse of ‘protecting’ russia
operacja-polska.pl/nke ImageImageImage
in 1939, as a facade for a secret colonial deal with hitler, moscow claims the protection of ethnic minorities in poland, invades it, and partitions it up. russian colonial troops kill 150,000, deport 320,000, rape 100,000 polish citizens
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_in… Image
kremlin installs a soviet satellite regime in poland by 1945. tens of thousands of poles resist in the anti-colonial wolność i niezawisłość guerilla movement but most get killed or deported
ipn.gov.pl/en/brief-histo… Image
1939-40. moscow schemes to recolonize finland via #russianColonialism deal with hitler, creates a puppet statelet, vows to protect it against the ‘fascist military clique in helsinki,’ and invades. amid heavy losses kremlin settled for 11% of finland
babel.ua/en/texts/55473… ImageImage
1939-56. estonia, latvia, lithuania. via #russianColonialism deal with hitler, moscow lies it wants ‘to protect itself,’ bullies the countries into accepting russian military bases, uses them to invade
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupatio… Image
#russianColonialism kills almost every fifth, hundreds of thousands in ethnic cleansing. russification, identity erasure, settler colonialism pushes all three nations to the point of annihilation Image
tens of thousands of locals defend baltic democracies for years by joining forest brothers, an anti-colonial guerilla resistance — but they eventually get outnumbered by russian colonial troops
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla… ImageImage
1940-58. via secret colonial deal with hitler, moscow lies romania is conspiring against russia, vows to protect ethnic minorities, invades and annexes 15%. russians murder thousands in ethnic cleansing and deport tens of thousands
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_oc… ImageImageImageImage
in 1944 moscow expands the occupation of romania, bringing mass murder, looting, rape. kremlin sets up a satellite regime, pillages local resources. thousands join anti-colonial and anti-communist militant resistance, but they are outnumbered
communistcrimes.org/en/countries/r… Image
1944-46. despite bulgaria declaring neutrality, moscow insists on ‘liberation from fascism,’ occupies it, assists a coup d'état by local russia-backed communists. 40k+ bulgarians are mass murdered in the following months, the opposition gets eradicated
sofiaglobe.com/2019/09/09/75-… Image
the rigged 1946 referendum solidifies the grip of a satellite regime. thousands of bulgarians join the fight for democratic bulgaria in the anti-communist and anti-colonial goryani rebellion, but it is crushed
sofiaglobe.com/2016/11/23/bul… Image
1944-56. #russianColonialism invades hungary to liberate it from fascism but keeps occupation afterward. russians enslave 600,000 for forced labor, deport to russia - every 3rd dies. kremlin installs a satellite regime
epa.hu/00400/00463/00… ImageImage
in 1956 hungary tries to leave #russianColonialism, students launch a popular pro-democracy uprising. moscow uses a facade collective security pact to invade. thousands slaughtered, uprising crushed
rferl.org/a/remembering-… ImageImageImageImage
1948-68. czechoslovakia. with moscow backing, local communists stage a coup, set up a russian satellite tyranny. in 1968 the country tries to leave #russiancolonialism in a pro-democracy uprising. moscow invades ‘to protect.’ hundreds killed
rferl.org/a/prague-sprin… ImageImageImageImage
1953. east germany tries to leave #russianColonialism, millions show up for pro-democracy rallies. moscow uses a formal help request from a puppet regime to send tanks, kill hundreds and crush the uprising
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germ… ImageImageImageImage
1979-89. afghanistan. as political turbulence threatens #russianColonialism influence, moscow invades ‘to protect it from violence.’ afghans kick russians out, but the war kills between 500,000 and 2,000,000, or approximately 10% of the population
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet–Af… ImageImageImageImage
1986. kazakhstan tries to leave #russianColonialism, the jeltoqsan pro-democracy uprising becomes the country's own tiananmen moment. moscow dispatches kill squats: hundreds of protesters executed, but they inspire anti-colonial fighters across the empire
codastory.com/disinformation… Image
1989-1993. georgia decides to leave #russianColonialism. moscow brands peaceful protesters ‘extremists,’ dispatches tanks ‘to protect from disorder,’ mass murders the tbilisi uprising. instead of demoralizing, it turbo-charges the independence push
jam-news.net/28-years-since… ImageImageImage
after restoration of independence in 1991, #russiancolonialism punishes georgia by fueling ethnic strife, sending weapons, money to support breakaway regions. civil war kills thousands, dismembers georgia. moscow retains a pro-russian kleptocratic regime
rferl.org/a/georgia-civi… ImageImage
1989-1991. azerbaijan decides to leave #RussianColonialism. moscow fuels ethnic divide, uses it as an excuse to send tanks & slaughter independence supporters. 133 die in the january massacre. instead of demoralizing, it turbo-charges the independence push
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Jan… ImageImageImage
1990-91. lithuania leaves #russianColonialism. moscow puts economic blocade, uses disinfo to fule ethnic strife, sends tanks to roll over peaceful protesters. 15 killed, but lithuania withstands. demoralized russians go home
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_E… ImageImage
1990-91. latvia leaves #russianColonialism. moscow orchestrates bombings, stokes ethnic hatred, fuels fear and hysteria via disinfo. citizens build barricades, meet kremlin kill squads mostly unarmed. 6 killed. demoralized russians go home
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barri… ImageImageImage
1991. estonia leaves #russianColonialism. moscow sends tanks to drag it back. estonians mount barricades, peacefully confront invaders. demoralized russians go home
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_R… ImageImageImage
1992. moldova leaves #russianColonialism. moscow punishes it by fueling ethnic strife, uses it as a pretext for annexing 10% of the country, and creating a russian-control statelet of transnistria
rulac.org/browse/conflic… ImageImageImage
1992-97. tajikistan leaves #russianColonialism, but gets engulfed by civil war. moscow cites the protection of ethnic russians, uses locally-stationed russian troops to secure the victory of pro-russian regime. tens of thousands killed
opendemocracy.net/en/odr/long-ec… Image
1991-2000. chechen republic of ichkeria leaves #russianColonialism. moscow brands chechens as extremists, invades ‘to restore order and protect’ and wages genocide over two wars, razing local cities to the ground, slaughtering 10% of the population - 120k
sciencespo.fr/mass-violence-… ImageImage
2008. georgia kicks out a pro-#russianColonialism kleptocratic regime, moves towards rejoining with europe. kremlin decides to punish it. moscow uses disinfo to fabricate claims about 'imminent genocide', invades and occupies 20% of the territory
rferl.org/a/russia-georg… ImageImageImageImage
2014. ukraine kicks out a pro-#russianColonialism kleptocratic regime. kremlin decides to punish it, creates false disinfo narrative about ethnic strife, finances pro-russian paramilitary, sends troops to create breakaway stateless and annex crimea
en.hromadske.ua/posts/in-east-… ImageImageImage
2015. syria is about to kick out a tyrant and get rid of a key #russianColonialism military base. moscow sends troops to carpet bomb and mass murder civilians - all to stop 'imminent genocide.' 600,000 killed, 7 million displaced
syriaaccountability.org/accountability… ImageImageImageImage
2022-TBC. russia wants to punish ukraine for leaving #russianColonialism, creates fake impending ‘genocide’ narratives, uses puppet statelets as a front for invasion. invaders engage in mass war crimes, but blitzkrieg fails, and they face unprecedented resistance ImageImageImageImage
here's a snapshot of the original mother-of-all-#russiancolonialism threads that collapsed under mass-reporting
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1495323…
i am also turning this thread into a guidebook into modern #russianColonialism — please help me to make it a reality by becoming part of my patreon family
russiancolonialism.info
my brilliant friend @Val_Voshchevska made a cover for this thread which now i will use for all my reels and tiktok adaptations in this thread.
дякую ✊🏽❤️‍🔥

check her insta for more great visuals on ukraine and #RussianColonialism
instagram.com/vally_v/ Image
this thread has also expanded into series of video-explainers exposing #russianColonialism
twitter.com/i/events/15525…
an anonymous ally also made a website out of the mother-of-all-#russianColonialism threads
russiancolonialism.com
the mother-of-all-#russianColonialism threads translated in farsi by @SoudabehQaisari
the mother-of-all-#russianColonialism threads translated in russian by @nameislev

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