From Baltic to the Black Sea

Cemil Kerimoglu

PhD in neuroscience. History lover and polyglot. I share my thoughts on history, politics and modern western society.

Sept 26, 2025

Russians are itching to fight. Here is what the main propagandist Solovyov says:

“Let’s fight finally. Let’s fight – bitterly, dangerously. We don’t f*ng need their (the West’s) love. Let’s stop fooling around. We need their fear.”

So then let’s give them this chance finally. Russians have always hated the West. Hatred of Europe has always been central to their self-perception. The raison d’etre of Russian existence has always been to see Europe harmed or destroyed. 

Their anti-European nature was masked during the Romanov Era in the 18th-19th centuries as Peter I “Europeanized” the realm. Sadly, a lot of Westerners refer to that era in their minds when forming an opinion of Russia. For them, Russia is the architectural splendour of St. Petersburg or the gleam of present-day Moscow. But this is a grave mistake.

Those are all artificial facades, top-down impositions – a pseudomorphosis which has been utterly alien to the Russian soul. Russians, deep inside, never accepted those impositions and always felt resentment against Europe. A typical Russian has always been burning with simmering hatred against European Civilization, even when he was wearing European attire, using European products or enjoying his travels in Europe.

All that artificial Europeanization of the Romanov era was reverted by the Bolshevik Revolution. Putin’s Russia is simply the natural continuation of that whole process. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its antagonism to the West should be only understood within this context. 

It’s actually good that the masks are falling. Russians have been so pathologically fixated on Ukraine that they finally let their masks slip. It’s only sad that Ukrainians needed to sacrifice their lives and livelihoods so that Europeans finally get convinced that Russians are not like them – in fact, are inimical to them.

This final stage of Russia shedding the last vestiges of its 200-year “European” pseudomorphosis is a liberating experience indeed. Now, the truth is out in the open; nature has finally prevailed. The sooner every single European recognizes this truth, the better.

When thinking about Russia don’t refer to “Russian ballet”, “Russian literature”, St. Petersburg or generally what is known as “Russian culture”. Those are all products of pseudomorphosis – artificial phenomena that sat uneasily on the Russian soul. Those are not achievements of the Russian people. If anyone deserves to appropriate those achievements, it’s the Germans actually. That whole “Russian culture” was a German creation. 

When thinking about Russia, when trying to understand what Russians really are refer to Bucha, refer to Irpin, Mariupol, Izyum and other savageries Russians commit in Ukraine. Refer to the barbaric atrocities of the Red Army in Europe during WWII. Refer to the Red Terror. Refer to the Oprichnina of Ivan IV The Terrible. Refer to the destruction of Novgorod by Ivan III and Ivan IV.

Those are all manifestations of Russians’ true nature. Those historical examples faithfully represent the average Russian behavioral pattern. Burn all that into your memory when preparing yourself for war against Russia – the ultimate showdown that will determine the course of civilization for centuries to come. 

Europe must prevail in this coming confrontation. And Russia must be destroyed. Whatever it takes. Rusia delenda est.

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Since none other than U.S. President Donald Trump recently stated that Ukraine can recover all its territories and even GO BEYOND THAT, let’s dive deeper into history to see what are the historical Ukrainian territories.

Here is the map of the Ukrainian People’s Republic that declared its independence in 1918, only to be conquered by the Bokshevik Russia in 1921. At the time it encompassed all ethnic Ukrainian territories of the former Russian Empire. As you can see in the map, they comprised not only its post-1991 territories, but also those that are presently inside the Russian Federation. Kuban’, Kursk, Belgorod (Bilhorod), Bryansk are all historically Ukrainian regions and were part of the independent Ukrainian state that emerged in 1918. However, after the Russian conquest of independent Ukraine in 1921, they were forcefully incorporated into the Russian SFSR.

Moreover, you should notice that Crimea – the frequent target of deceitful Russian propaganda narratives – was also part of that independent Ukrainian state. Just like other historically Ukrainian regions mentioned above, it was taken away from Ukraine and incorporated into the Russian SFSR. 

But that turned out detrimental for the economy of the region. Because Crimea was culturally, geographically, and above all, economically connected to the rest of Ukraine. That’s why in 1954 the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union transferred Crimea from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.

That was not a “gift” by Khrushev as Russian propaganda claims – and ignorant Russophiles in the West regurgitate. It was the correction of injustice and a mistake – a mistake that, by that time, proved to be detrimental for the economy. Crimea was an integral part of Ukraine in every sense – and as we have seen also part of the independent Ukrainian state that emerged in 1918. So it was only logical that it should be returned to Ukraine; not “gifted”, mind you, but RETURNED.

So, if anyone has historical claims, it’s not Russia against Ukraine – it is Ukraine against Russia. Next time an ignorant Russophile babbles about “Russian territories in Ukraine”, “Khrushev’s gift to Ukraine” etc., tell them these historical facts.