What is Vladimir Putin up to in Ukraine? As the Western world puzzles over this question, a map is being presented on Russian state television that may provide the answer.
Vladimir Putin started the war. Russian troops attacked Ukraine on Thursday night. From Kiev to Odessa – all over the country the invaders are attacking the Ukrainian forces. Where will Putin stop? Which areas does he want to split off? These questions occupy the whole world. A map that has been shown to viewers on Russian state television for several days could provide some clues.
Marked on it are all those areas which, according to Putin, Ukraine “received as a gift” from Russia. It starts with “gifts from the Russian tsars” in the north of the country. The areas also include Kiev and are marked in a light orange on the map. In the west of the country, the alleged “gifts from Stalin” are marked in red. The Crimean Peninsula in southern Ukraine is depicted as a “gift from Khrushchev”. And the “gifts of Lenin” stretch from the east across the south of the country in a rich orange. The area that Putin and the Kremlin consider Ukraine is glowing yellow in the center of the country. So this little piece is what Moscow recognizes as Ukraine’s territory.
Putin’s version of history visualized
Last Monday, Putin demonstrated his view of history to the world. Accordingly, Ukraine owes its existence only to the generosity of the Russian rulers. “Modern Ukraine was created entirely by Russia, more specifically by Bolshevik, communist Russia,” Putin said. Ukraine should bear the name of Lenin. He is the architect of the country.
What Russia is said to have given Ukraine
Putin spoke of many Russian gifts to Ukraine: from Lenin’s national statehood, to Stalin’s Polish, Romanian and Hungarian territories, to Khrushchev’s Crimea. The map, which is now being shown to the Russian audience, visualizes Putin’s version of history.
This approach is very reminiscent of the propaganda wave of 2014. At that time, just a few hours before the annexation of Crimea, similar maps were presented that publicized Khrushchev’s alleged gift of Crimea.
This claim alone is by no means true, the historian Nikita Petrov notes in an interview with the star clear. “It wasn’t a surrender of Crimea. It was an assignment of Crimea to the republic that was best able to administer this territory.”
Source: Stern
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