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The Tunguska Event

On June 30th 1908, an asteroid measuring 200 meters in diameter slammed right into Siberia. Just north of the Russian village, Vanavara. The impact from this flattened 2000 square kilometers of forest, so basically this giant rock in the sky flattened the same amount of land as London. Around 50 people witnessed this event live, some described a light as bright as the sun, some people reported tremors so violent that they broke several limbs. No one knew why. It was a complete and total mystery. It was so isolated from the it didn't gain immediate attention from the Russian authorities or any scientist. It's also interesting to remember that the Trans-Siberian Express was almost derailed and experienced incredible tremors as well, which is just astounding. The light from the blast was so bright it could be seen by observatories in Ireland and the UK. Several nations in Europe also recorded small earthquakes and tremors as a result of what happened. Even though all of these things happened, not a single scientist even thought to investigate until 1921 which is a new level of unimportance. Plus it was discovered somewhat on accident by a scientist with the name of Leonid Kulik who was conducting research on meteors in general. He stumbled across an old Siberian newspaper talking about the mysterious event. He encountered a similar story everywhere he looked and realized that he might've been the first to uncover this. He shortly returned to Siberia in 1927 where he found the epicenter of the event which was just above the Stony Tunguska River (hence the name, neat how that works).

So they weren't exactly sure of details but they were aware that a meteor hit this area and the blast force destroyed the forestry around it. Many people started to pose conspiracy theories around the 60s by saying "aliens did it" in which the theory actually suggests that there was an alien spacecraft powered by antimatter that crashed. Obviously it's not true but funny to think about. A decade later during the 70s some people suggested a mini black hole struck Tunguska which makes zero sense to anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together.

There's a report written by Zdenek Sekanina from the Jet Propulsion Lab in California where he details the velocity, speed and even the angle of incidence. Sekanina details that it was traveling at 30 kilometers per second and exploded 8.5 kilometers above the sky resulting in a fireball comparing to the sun. So this explains how it could be seen from so far. There's a lot in the report but essentially it rules out aliens and black holes.

Tunguska may be mysterious, but it's not exactly a mystery. We are pretty certain what happened. In the grand scheme of things, yes it was the biggest astronomical event in a long time but it killed about 3 people since hardly anyone lives there. But if it struck a city, it would be quite ugly (according to Harvard stuff)

Thanks for reading! I'll try to write more stuff

#history #archaeology #russia #astronomy

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stele3 · 6 months

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#destiel daily digest

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workersolidarity · 5 months

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[A Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer is targeted in a Russian missile strike in the Kherson region]

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💥UPDATE ON THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR, EVENTS OF DAY 631💥

(16 November 2023)

In the General direction:

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

▫️ Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces eliminated one command post of the AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade near Dmitrovo (Zaporozhye region), as well as manpower and military hardware in 132 areas.

▫️ Fighter jets of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force close Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️ Air defence systems have shot down two HIMARS MLRS projectiles and one U.S.-made JDAM aerial guided bomb.

▫️ In addition, 26 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down close to Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic), Novoandreyevka, Lipovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Mirnoye, Romanovskoye, and Pavlovka (Zaporozhye region).

📊 In total, 536 airplanes and 254 helicopters, 8,960 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 air defence missile systems, 13,426 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,184 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,121 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,312 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

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▫️ In the Kupyansk direction:

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled three attacks of the AFU 32nd and 67th mechanised brigades near Sinkovka and Zagoruykovka (Kharkov region).

The enemy losses amounted to up to 110 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, and one U.S.-made M777 artillery system.

Russian Forces continue operations in the direction of Liman Pershyi, with video published by Russian sources in the area of the movement of Ukrainian Forces through the forests outside the city just north of Synkovka. After the vehicle gets stuck and a second vehicle comes to tow it, Russian artillery forces opened fire on them.

According to the source:

The Kozak armored car could not cope with the off-road conditions in the area of the settlement. Sinkovka and therefore the good old “Motolyga” pulled him out.

The scouts of the 6th Army of the Western Group of Forces could not resist such a gift and sent artillery to their aid.

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Outside Yahidne, some Russian sources claim to have captured Ivanivka, or part of Ivanivka, however no video evidence has been produced as of yet to give evidence to this.

No other changes in territory were recorded for the region.

▫️ In the Krasny Liman direction:

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units, as well as strikes of helicopters and artillery, repelled one attack of an assault detachment of the AFU 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.

The enemy losses were up to 175 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, two pick-up trucks, and two U.S.-made M777 artillery system.

No video updates are coming from this area, despite constant reporting of fighting ongoing in the area complete with consistent update from the Russian MoD on Ukrainian losses. Perhaps all is not as well as the Ministry would like its people to think but aren't yet ready to reveal this, perhaps because of ongoing operations or plans. Whatever it may be, this area remains in a virtual black out.

No territorial changes have been recorded or claimed.

▫️ In the Donetsk direction:

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled 14 attacks, and inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower and hardware close to Kleshcheyevka, Artyomovo, Georgiyevka, and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

In total, the enemy lost up to 240 troops killed and wounded, one tank, and three motor vehicles in this direction during the day.

In course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery gun, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, three U.S.-made M777 artillery systems, as well as one MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun were neutralised.

In the north of Avdiivka, Russian operations to expand their zone of control in the area of Stepove continues, with RU Forces making progress in the treelines and trenches along the rail lines towards the direction of Ocheretyne.

While a second push towards the Avidiivka chemical plant is evidenced by a video from Ukrainian sources showing Russian infantry holding positions in a trench network geolocated to the very northeastern corner of the chemical plant, just outside its perimeter.

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On the south of Avdiivka, Russian Forces have made considerable progress in the area of Yasynuvatskyy Ln, advancing a distance in recent days, evidenced by geolocated Ukrainian video showing the successful targeting of a Russian T-72B which was advancing up the lane.

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In the Siversk direction, in the village of Spirne, heavy fighting has started up in the area, with a multitude of videos recently from both sides evidencing an intensifying of the fighting here, in one of the quieter areas of the Special Military Operation.

Ukrainian Forces in the Spirne area published a geolocated video of drone work in the area, with the successful targeting of a Russian store of TM-62 mines to stupendous visual effect, killing upwards of 20 Russian soldiers collecting mines in the area.

According to the source:

Destruction of enemy TM-62 mines thanks to FPV-kamikaze. South of the village of Spirne, Donetsk region.

#source5

While Russian Forces in the area published video of drone operations on Ukrainian positions on the neighboring side of Spirne from the last geolocated video.

According to the source:

The scouts of Detachment GORB 2AK are terrorizing the enemy’s defensive position at the Spornoye NP with drops and FPV

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Lastly, also in the Spornoye direction, dispicably, Ukrainian Forces have introduced women to the frontline of Spirne, after Russian Forces made advances on some Ukrainian edge-line positions, they worked their way through the newly captured trenches to find multiple dead Ukrainian women inside the trench network, and produced video evidence of this horrifying update.

This isn't to suggest women cannot fight in wars, but this update suggests Ukraine is running out of men to feed into the meat grinder, and are now actively pursuing women to use in this same way. As meat to fill the trenches they expect their soldiers to die in.

According to the source:

BREAKING: Ukraine uses WOMEN in frontal battle units near Spornoe.

➡️ They’re running out of people …

crazy.

#source7

▫️ In the South Donetsk direction:

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Ugledar and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy losses were up to 70 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two pick-up trucks.

In course of the counter-battery warfare, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system and one UK-made FH70 howitzer were destroyed.

In the Krasnohorivka direction, Russian Forces continue heavy artillery and bomb preparation in this area, with Russia Forces in the area publishing video of their night work on Ukrainian positions in the south of the city where Russian Forces have made advances in the previous week.

According to the source:

And day at night, specialists from our Brigade conduct operational and combat work. The coordinated interaction of scouts, artillery and BMP crews of the 5th Brigade is producing results: the enemy is suffering losses around the clock. So, meter by meter, we are returning our lands!

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In the Novoprokopivka area, Russian Forces continue heavy bombing and artillery preparation from both the north and south of the village, with Russian sources publishing video of FAB500 strikes on the north of the village.

According to the source:

FAB-500 with UMPC fly into the air traffic control zone at enemy strongholds in Novomikhailovka

#source9

▫️In the Zaporozhye direction:

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, units of the Russian Group of Forces, aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 33rd, 116th, and 118th mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Rabotino, Uspenovka, and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).

The enemy's losses in this area amounted to up to 100 troops, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, as well as one Giatsint-B gun.

Russian Forces published video today of a major strike on the headquarters of the 115th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Also, according to today's update from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, an 128th Mountain Assault Brigade in Dmitrovo, destroying a meeting of the officers. One of many strikes in recent weeks in the area. Very difficult to understand what exactly is happening in this area.

A previous video published on November 4th was also said to be on the 128th Brigade, and many are getting these two strikes confused. However, it is clear from the video these were two separate strikes, with the first strike on Nov 4th using Tornado-S MLRS, while the second strike was likely an Iscandar missile strike.

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Fighting continues in the vicinity of Verbove, with Russian Forces heavily bombing and shelling Ukrainian positions on the western outskirts of the village as Ukrainian Forces continue with irregular assaults.

A similar situation in the west of Robotyne. Russian Forces are heavily bombing and shelling the western outskirts of the village using a variety of weapons including drones, howitzers, mortars and MLRS.

For instance, Russian Forces published video showing the work of their FPV drone operators in the vicinity of the western outskirts of Robotyne.

According to the source:

Positional combat operations in the Orekhovsky direction.

Shelling of a Ukrainian Armed Forces position in the west of Rabotino by an FPV drone of the Russian Armed Forces.

#source13

▫️ In the Kherson direction:

According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen and two motor vehicles were neutralised as a result of fire defeat during the day.

Also, one U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, and Msta-B howitzer were hit during counter-battery warfare.

Bombing and shelling continues towards Krynky with few updates.

In the area of Mykilske, Russian sources published video of an accurate strike on a Ukdainian self-propelled howitzer.

According to the source:

Kherson direction, a self-propelled artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (self-propelled guns, 2S1) is firing at our positions and at civilian infrastructure facilities. Trying to hide from retaliation in the hangar. Two accurate shots, she was never seen again.

Best regards, " Junker" I have the honor!

#source14

Russian sources published video showing the targeting of a suspicious Ukrainian barge on the Dnieper in the vicinity of Dniprovske, though I have yet to hear any updates on what this ship might have been or what damage was done to it.

According to the source:

In the riverbed of the Dnieper, our troops spotted a barge that had suspicious enemy activity.

Prevention of the enemy being near the object was carried out successfully. Reportedly, the barge was later sunk.

#source15

While a second video published by the same source show the successful targeting of Ukrainian armored vehicles in the Kherson direction by Russian missile forces.

According to the source:

Our missile defense system destroys another enemy concentration off the banks of the Dnieper.

#source16

@WorkerSolidarityNews

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kamogryadeshi · 10 months

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Yesterday, the Russians fired at a car that was moving on the territory of the Seredyno-Budska Territorial Community of Sumy region (border region), writes the Prosecutor General's Office.

6 people died: 2 civilians and 4 forestry workers

#ukraine #russia is a terrorist state #russia invades ukraine #russian war crimes #russia ukraine war #russian invasion #russian agression #russian terrorism #russia must burn #fuck russia #russia

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totally-not-your-babe · 7 months

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Master of Puppets

Prologue

Warnings: none (I really think there is nothing for now but feel free to tell me if you've found something)

Also English is not my first language, so apologies in advance for any mistakes, also there is some Russian in it and I don't really know Russian so there might be some bad translations...

"Do you really think that Enzo, or Dmitri, or whatever his real name is, could be in danger?" asked Joyce, sitting in the passenger seat, watching the ex-police chief.

"Well, they found me too" Murray leaned in from the back seat "so there's a good chance that your dear comrade could be in trouble too."

"They have a collective consciousness Joyce" Hopper broke his gaze for a moment from the country lane they were bumbling along, "They found Murray too, and the ones that could have seen him must be dead. What one sees or senses, the good god above us doesn't know how these things hunt, the others memorize, store up, or hell knows what they do. One thing's for sure, once they catch a scent, they don't stop."

"So you're almost certain your Russian friend is in danger" said El, who had been sitting in silence behind Murray all this time.

"It would be an overstatement to call him a friend" Jim began, "but yes, I'm almost certain he's in real danger."

"You could have said that, you didn't need the frills" Joyce leaned back in her seat.

"Because a simple answer was always enough for you" Hopper looked at her with a faint smile.

They were driving for another one and a half hours on the bumpy and forestry road when they finally caught sight of the cabin. It wasn't too big but more than enough for one person to live there comfortably and as they could see the russian man has done a really good job of plastering his temporary home.

"Let's ruin his little vacation" Hopper got out of the car with a sigh and could no longer see Joyce rolling her eyes.

They knocked on the door for the third time before it finally opened and they were staring down the barrel of a gun.

"We're glad to see you, too" Hopper said, as the very tense man in front of him exhaled the breath he had been holding and lowered the gun. Behind Hopper, Murray grinned broadly, Joyce waved to the Russian in a friendly manner, and last but not least, El, standing close beside her father, eyed the man suspiciously.

"Your daughter?" he asked nodding towards the teenager, to which Hopper just nodded. "You should have called" Antonov stepped aside to let his four guests in "you gave me a heart attack."

"You have nothing to worry about" Murray smiled and without question immediately settled himself in one of the surprisingly comfortable armchairs.

"I'm a Russian citizen on American land, who, incidentally, was a guard in a Soviet prison where, on occasion, Americans were also imprisoned" Dmitri looked the other man straight in the eye, who only replied with a half-smile and a shrug.

"We have a good reason for barging in on you" Joyce began, trying not to overhear the exchange that had taken place seconds before.

"Before you get started, there is something…"

"I couldn't find it in the toolbox, are you sure it's…?" the newcomer was caught in the middle of her question when she saw that she was being watched by four more pair of eyes than the one she had expected. It was a girl, no older than Joyce's eldest son Jonathan, her dark eyes, almost comically wide with surprise, were almost black, her brown hair was in a loose ponytail at the back of her head, a few stray strands hanging down her cheeks, she must have been nearly as tall as the woman in the ragtag group.

That Hopper and his companions were surprised by the newcomer was not an understatement, but she, too, was struck by the strangers' presence. She looked at Dmitri with panic filled eyes, her breathing already accelerated. She looked like she was about to run away, when the russian reached his hand towards her.

"Все в порядке, Маленький (It's alright Little One)" he said reassuringly but she still didn't look convinced. "Они друзья (They're friends.)"

"Friends?" she asked in a small voice as she walked over to him. Dmitri just nodded and took the girls hand and that moment even he couldn't decide if it was because he wanted to calm her down or because he was worried she would run away.

"What the hell is going on?" asked the ex-chief which made the girl flinch and the russian was starring at the american disapprovingly.

"You first" Dmitri said in a voice that brooked no argument.

Soooooooooooo prologue finally...

The next chapter will be a flashback where we gonna find out how that strange, unknown girl ended up in Dmitri's place.

Please tell me if you want to be tagged!

#master of pupets fanfic #stranger things fic #stranger things fanfic #stranger things oc #dmitri antonov #jim hopper #joyce byers #murray bauman #eleven #jane hopper #stanger things eleven

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Episode 34 Giants of Alash Orda: Alikhan Bukeikhanov and Akhmet Baitursynov

Alikhan Bokeikhanov and Akhmet Baitursynov are giants of the Alash Orda and fathers of the Kazakh state and nationalism. Recently, we’ve been discussing how the Alash Orda, as a government and political entity, negotiated with both the Bolsheviks and the White Movement for state autonomy. Today, I want to take a closer look at the leaders themselves.

Alikhan Bokeikhanov

Alikhan Bokeikhanov born on March 5th, 1866, and was the grandson of the last khan of the Bokey horde who lived mostly in the western part of modern-day Kazakhstan. In the 19th century it was common for Kazakh fathers to send their sons to Russian schools, especially if they were from wealthy families. Alikhan attended the Omsk Technical School and then studied economics at the Forestry Institute in St. Petersburg. Before entering politics, he was part of the Tobolsk Expedition which studied the farms of peasant migrants and seems to have left a lasting impression on him.

He entered politics by joining the Constitutional Democratic Party in 1905 and became an editor for several different newspapers including Irtysh and Qazaq (which we discussed in our episode: Russian Revolution and the Alash Orda). He would try to create a Kazakh Democratic party but failed. Instead, he was arrested and fled to Samara. He and other members of the Alash Orda created an uneasy alliance with the Russian party, the Kadets, and Alikhan was elected to the Duma in 1906, before the Tsar dissolved it.

Alikhan Bukeikhanov

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When he wasn’t involved in politics, Alikhan was dedicated to his newspapers, arguing for Kazakh land rights and greater acceptance of indigenous peoples within politics. A sticking point between Russian officials and the Kazakh people was land ownership and the Kazakh’s nomadic nature. The Russians needed the land for their own people who were migrating to the Steppe for better wages and quality of life, but also believed that nomadism was the root of most of the Kazakh’s problems. If only they would just settle on the land granted to them by the Russians then all their issues would be solved.

Alikhan, along with Akhmet, argued against the Russian’s push for Kazakh sedentarism and argued for a gradual transition instead. They blamed the Russians for their lack of understanding of how the Kazakh lifestyle was a response to the climate of the Steppe. Alikhan would argue in an article in the Qazap:

“If we ask what kind of economy is more suitable for Kazakhs-the nomadic or the sedentary-the question is incorrectly posed. A more correct question would be: what kind of economy can be practiced under the climatic conditions of the Kazakh steppe? The latter vary from area to area and mostly are not suitable for agricultural work. Only in some northern provinces do the climatic conditions make it possible to sow and reap. The Kazakhs continue wandering not because they do not want to settle down and farm or prefer nomadism as an easy form of economy. If the climatic conditions had allowed them to do so, they would have settled a long time ago.” - Gulnar Kendirbai, '"We are Children of Alash...", pg. 9

He did not equate Kazakh identity with nomadism but recognized that a people could not change their culture or lifestyle overnight. Instead, he argued that the Kazakhs embraced nomadism for scientific reasons and if the Russians were truly interested in helping Kazakhs succeed, then they needed to provide the tools necessary to adapt to a changing world. He would write:

“One may compare it with the dressing some Kazakh in European fashion and sending him to London, where he would either die or, in the absence of any knowledge and relevant experience, work like a slave. If the government is ashamed of our nomadic way of life, it should give us good lands instead of bad as well as teach us science. Only after that can the government ask Kazakhs to live in cities. If the government is not ashamed of not carrying out all the above-mentioned measures, then the Kazakhs also need not be ashamed of their nomadic way of life. The Kazakhs are wandering not for fun, but in order to graze their animals.” - Gulnar Kendirbai, '"We are Children of Alash...", pg. 10

Alikhan was also a talented historian who crafted a unified Kazakh history by collecting and publishing Kazakh folklore, the history of their cultures and traditions, and shared world history with other Kazakhs through their newspapers. He engaged in literary criticism and analysis while encouraging Kazakh writers to write down their poems and stories, fearful that they would be lost if Kazakhs stuck purely to an oral tradition. Alikhan even hosted a competition for the first Kazakh novel, believing that the Europeans and the rest of the world would not respect the Kazakhs until they had proof of their own literary and cultural tradition. He also believed that Kazakhs should know about the outside world and so he focused on translating Russian and European scientific and fiction into the Kazakh language.

In 1915, Alikhan and Akhmet would travel to Petrograd to petition for the right for Kazakhs to fight alongside Russian forces in WWI and they would spend most of the 1916 rebellion trying to convince other Kazakhs to fight for Russia, believing it would grant them the respect needed for further rights down the road.

As we’ve discussed in our other episodes, Alikhan would help create the Alash Autonomy and serve as its president. He was one of the lead negotiators with both the Bolsheviks and the White Movement, relying on his old relationship with the Kadets to earn White recognition of Kazakh autonomy. When Kolchak coup established General Kolchak as military commander of the Siberian White Movement, he dismantled all autonomous states (including the Alash Autonomy). The Alash Orda would turn to the Bolsheviks, but they were similarly rebuffed. We’ll discuss the Red conquest of the Steppe in other episodes, but by the time the Bolsheviks defeated the Whites, the members of Alash Orda were forced to accept Bolshevik rule. If they wanted to remain in politics, they had to accept jobs within the Soviet administration. Alikhan returned to scientific life instead, although he was now a member of the Bolshevik party. As the Soviets strengthened their grip on Central Asia, they grew suspicious of indigenous activists. Because of his past, Alikhan was arrested first in 1926 on the charge of counter-revolutionary activity and sent to the Butyrka Prison in Moscow. He was released only to be arrested again in 1928, banished to Moscow in 1930, and arrested for a final time in 1937. He was executed on September 27th, 1937, a victim of one of Stalin’s many purges. According to historian Sultan Khan Akkuly, his last words were, “I did not like the Soviet government, but acknowledged it.”

Akhmet Baitursynov

Akhmet Baitursynov is the father of Kazakh language and literature. Born on September 5th, 1872, in the Kostanay Region of Kazakhstan. When he was 13, his father and brothers were sent to Siberia for attacking a Russian colonel who attacked their village. He attended Russian-native schools before graduating from the Orenburg Teacher’s college in 1895. He became a teacher and taught in country schools for Kazakhs for about a decade and a half before getting involved in politics. Along with Alikhan (who he met in 1904 in Omsk), he joined the Constitutional Democrat Party in 1905 and founded several newspapers including the Qazap. Also, like Alikhan, he was arrested in 1909 and exiled to Orenberg.

He helped Alikhan write about land rights and highlighting how ill-equipped the Kazakhs were to settle down, but his main focus was on language. He wrote in 1914:

“…the nationality of people who spoke their own language and wrote in their own language will never disappear without creating a person. The most powerful thing that causes the preservation and loss of the nation is language” - Dina A. Amanzholova, Kazakh Autonomy and Russia: the History of the Alash Movement, pg. 36

Kazakh intellectuals were considered about poor education opportunities available to Kazakh children and utilized the new teachings methods championed by Tatar reforms and the Jadids. Akhmet was particularly concerned about primary education and focused on resolving the lack of teaching materials available to primary schools, especially the lack of materials on the Kazakh language. When detractors picked on his paper, the Qazaq, for writing primarily in Kazakh, he replied:

“Finally, we would like to tell our brothers preferring the literary language: we are very sorry if you do not like the simple Kazakh language of our newspaper. Newspapers are published for the people and must be close to their readers.” - Gulnar Kendirbai, '"We are Children of Alash...", pg. 19

The Kazakh intellectuals resisted the Tatar clergy’s attempts to subsume Kazakh language to the Tatar language, eventually arriving at a compromise. This pressure around language inspired Akhmet Baitursynov to reform the Kazakh language, creating spelling primers, and improving the Kazakh alphabet multiple times. He created the modern Kazakh language. His books were soon used in primary schools. He also published a textbook on the Kazakh language which studied the phonetics, morphology, and syntax of the Kazak language as well as a practical guide to the Kazakh language and a manual of Kazakh literature and literary criticism.

Akhmet Baitursynov

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Akhmet, like Alikhan, was involved in the creation of the Alash Orda party, believed Kazakhs should fight along Russians during WWI, and helped create the Alash Autonomy in 1917. After the Bolsheviks took over the Steppe, he joined the Bolshevik government and served as the Commissioner of Population of Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic from 1920-1921. He left the government and returned to teaching in 1922, serving in several positions such as Chairman of the Research Society for the Kazakh Region, member of the Academic Center at the Regional People’s Commissariat, and the Scientific and Literary Commission of the People’s Commissariat of Commerce. He lectured in Orenburg from 1921-1925 before transferring to the Kazakh State Pedagogical Institute in Almaty as a professor. He was arrested for the first time on June 2nd, 1929, and sent to Butyrskiy prison. He was released to be arrested again only for Maxim Gorky’s wife, E. Peshkova, to intervene and petition for his release. He would be arrested once more in 1937 and was executed on December 8th, 1937, another victim of Stalin’s purge.

References

Central Asia: a New History from the Imperial Conquests to the Present by Adeeb Khalid

Kazakh Autonomy and Russia: the History of the Alash Movement by Dina A. Amanzholova

'"We are Children of Alash..." The Kazakh Intelligentsia at the beginning of the 20th century in search of national identity and prospects of the cultural survival of the Kazakh people' by Gulnar Kendirbai, Central Asian Survey, 1999, Vol 18 No 1

The Geography of Civilization: a Spatial Analysis of the Kazakh Intelligentsia's Activities, from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century by Tomohiko Uyama

150th Anniversary of the Birth of the Leader of the Nation Akhmet Baitursynov by Zhumakhan Arynov and Smagulova Aigeri

#queer historian #central asia #central asian history #history blog #alash orda #alikhan bukeikhanov #akhmet baitursynov #kazakhstan #Spotify

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mariacallous · 1 year

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KYIV, Ukraine—On a busy street in central Kyiv, a tall man in a black hoodie stands outside a cafe furiously puffing on a vape. The nondescript man in his mid-40s has never been interviewed before—and for a good reason. His official title, head of the Committee of Veterans, might sound like the role of a benign public servant, but Mykhailo—an alias chosen for the purposes of this article to protect his safety—is far removed from parades and ribbon pinning.

His job is to work with those who secretly fight for Ukraine behind enemy lines. Mykhailo is one of the main strategists and organizers of Ukraine’s partisans inside Russian-occupied territory. “If they kill me, there are many others who can take my place,” he said nonchalantly. “We’ve had to adapt and become more creative. They might be strong, but we use our minds.”

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, dormant veterans associations became the lifeblood of the Ukrainian resistance inside occupied territory. Their networks relied heavily on dedicated volunteers who, according to Mykhailo, were in place months before Russia’s full-scale offensive in February. “We were saying back in 2014 that the Russians were not going to stop in those regions. So in a way, the country was preparing,” he said. “Veterans from 2014 were part of this, and now almost all of them have returned back to the army. We were readying people in areas we knew would be hit early. Even in our schools, we were psychologically preparing our kids.”

Initially, politicians ignored the loud alarm raised by those inside Ukraine’s military and security services, preferring to take a wait-and-see approach to the impending Russian attacks.

After some successful lobbying by people like Mykhailo, however, the government in July 2021 passed the Law on the Fundamentals of National Resistance, which was designed to maximize the role of civilians in Ukrainian defense. It helped establish the territorial defense groups in neighborhoods and connect these citizen defense groups with Ukraine’s wider security and military apparatus. By this February, makeshift distribution centers were established for those who had not received weapons and training in order to allow civilians to defend their neighborhoods across the country.

Mykhailo said that for Ukrainians, after the initial shock of the attacks of Feb. 24, these local civil-defense networks began to connect with one another. “On the first day, people were shocked because there were rockets falling and their targeting was not precise, so everything was hit. After the first two days of shock, people realized we needed to resist. They started coming together in their groups,” he said.

Initially, organizers like Mykhailo, many of whom are military veterans with experience in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and now work in collaboration with both Ukraine’s military and security service in Kyiv, began to focus on coordinating the flow of information. They were tasked with figuring out what was being attacked, where weapons were required, and how to get them there. In occupied places like Sumy and Kharkiv, where street fighting broke out with Russian forces, the defense networks relied mainly on former soldiers, who sometimes still bore injuries from their earlier service, to fight back. “These guys know how to use weapons, RPGs, things like that. They trained in the Soviet army, so they know the tactics of Russia. We made networks, connected people, but they often used their own circles separately. Entire families got involved,” Mykhailo said.

But the partisans did not merely consist of former soldiers. Mykhailo said civil servants, post office workers, and even hunters all played a crucial role in Ukraine’s partisan movement. “People who knew the forests wanted to help us. Some worked in forestry; others were catching poachers. Their territorial knowledge was unparalleled, so we worked with them to come up with new ways to find information on Russian movement and to see if our actions inside their area had been successful,” he said.

One striking anecdote involves Kaban, a hunting dog put to work for the national cause. When Russia started to attack Kyiv, the military started to realize it was in a very weak position, so it started utilizing natural resources. In Kyiv oblast, it started planning how to flood rivers in order to prevent Russians from building temporary bridges. On one occasion when it needed to raise the level of a river significantly, it hit a dam but had no way to check whether its attack had provided the desired results.

A local hunter offered up Kaban, who, equipped with a GoPro camera, traveled inside Russian-occupied territory to bring back valuable footage that was then sent via the clandestine partisan network to Kyiv. How did his owner manage to retrieve Kaban from enemy territory? “His owner whistled for him,” Mykhailo laughed. Through Kaban’s actions, Ukraine’s security services were able to confirm their mission was successful.

The partisans used any resources available to them in occupied territory. In one mission, weapons held by border guards were transported to designated areas where locals could collect them. Meanwhile, women who distributed Ukrainian pensions inside the occupied territories began to collect information on Russian movements. Even after pension money ran out, the women continued to travel house to house under the pretense of pension distribution.

“They were invaluable,” Mykhailo mused. Because these channels have been discovered by the Russians, Mykhailo speaks about them but says many new methods are being used every day. “So many of our partisans were killed or tortured, but they keep volunteering, grannies, sisters, and mothers,” he said.

Igor, a 46-year-old from recently liberated Kherson oblast, was part of Mykhailo’s partisan network until his work filming Russian movements led to a brief detention with the enemy—and ultimately a lucky escape. “I started filming the Russians and the movement of weapons on my phone. Finally they realized someone from my village was filming, so they closed the checkpoints and started to examine our phones. I deleted my pictures, but I didn’t delete the trash. When they checked, they found the photos and tried to take me away. A lot of people surrounded them, and some of my relatives gave them money and cigarettes,” he said.

For Igor, it took time to find a trusted network to send his videos to, but then as family members learned about his activities, they offered to help, including his beekeeping father.

“At the start, I didn’t know who to send coordinates to, so I sent them to the administration office of Mykolaiv oblast, but then I found a relative who fought in 2014, so he had a much better network. When they started to bomb Mykolaiv from Kherson, my father felt terrible and wanted to help too. He worked with bees, so he would send us coded messages about places we kept the bees and whether it was busy now, things like this. Locations only we knew. There was a time when we needed to get a view of areas next to the river—even the satellites couldn’t view this. We pretended to go fishing and were able to report back on the location,” he said.

On the planning level, Mykhailo works closely with Ukraine’s more conventional security service, the SBU, which works on counterinsurgency movements inside Ukraine. Those in the SBU are officially assigned by the Ukrainian government with the tasks of mapping out the Russian presence inside Ukraine, hunting for Russian spies in Ukraine’s own ranks, and putting together a picture of how their counterparts work inside Ukrainian territory. From locating a Russian arms cache inside Kyiv to discovering a Ukrainian cook who sold the coordinates and times of meals in a military barracks in Rivne for $300, Ukraine’s security services are constantly on the alert for Russian insurgents inside the country. “Sometimes they’ll do it for money, but it’s so small,” Olek, an SBU officer, told us in Kharkiv oblast while on an intelligence-gathering mission near the border with Russia.

“A lot of our people were arrested,” Mykhailo admits. “In some villages, Russians went house by house and they tortured people to try to get them to give up their networks. Sometimes they already had lists of veterans. In Kherson, they took databases of all government employees, especially anyone with a military pension.” When asked about Ukrainian mayors who said the partisans were capitulating to avoid civilian casualties, Mykhailo was firm: “They’re lying. That’s an FSB [Russian Federal Security Service] narrative.”

As the SBU and its intelligence officers begin counterinsurgency work in recently liberated Kherson, Mykhailo continues to work with partisans inside Russian-occupied territory. They constantly adapt their tactics to meet new challenges and exploit Russian weaknesses. “Putin clearly didn’t read his history books, or he would have learned about our partisans,” he said. “Stalin got to know them quite well.”

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gardenofdelete998 · 1 year

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Later, during their student days, the two friends professed a materialist philosophy of life devoid of God or the soul, viewing man as a physiologic or economic machine - which in fact he may very well be, though this wasn't the point as far as they were concerned: since the appeal of such a philosophy lies, not in its inherent truth, but rather in its demonic, pessimistic, morbidly intellectual character. By this time their relationship had already become that special kind of friendship. And while Atwo studied forestry, and spoke of traveling as a forest ranger to the far reaches of Russia or Asia, as soon as he was through with his studies, his friend Aone, who scorned such boyish aspirations, had by then settled on a more solid pursuit, and had at the time already cast in his lot with the rising labor movement. And when they met again shortly before the treat war, Atwo already had his Russian adventure behind him. He spoke little about it, was now employed in the offices of some large corporation, and seemed, despite the appearance of middle-class comfort, to have suffered considerable disappointments. His old friend had in the meantime left the class struggle and become editor of a newspaper that printed a great deal about social harmony and was owned by a stock broker. Henceforth the two friends despised each other insuperably, but once again fell out of touch; and when they finally met again for a short while, Atwo told the following story the way one empties out a sack of memories for a friend, so as to be able to push on again with a clean bill of lading.

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beardedmrbean · 2 years

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The tabloid Ilta-Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun) is among the papers that has been providing running coverage of the Nato membership issue since Thursday's joint statement by President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) backing application for Finland's membership in the western alliance.

Overnight, Ilta-Sanomat quoted a Reuters report that White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that the US administration backs Finland and Sweden applying to join the Nato alliance.

"We would support Finland's and Sweden's Nato applications if they are submitted. We will respect all the decisions they make," Psaki said.

Ilta-Sanomat also reports that Russia's ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, told Britain's Sky News late Thursday that Finland's aspiration to join NATO will mean increased "military-technical" activities by Russia. In the interview, Chizhov said that this would mean increasing defence readiness on the Finnish-Russian border. However, this would not necessarily mean sending troops and tanks to the border, for example.

The paper also reports that in an interview with the British publication UnHerd, Russia's UN deputy ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy stated that Finland's and Sweden's accession to Nato would make them enemies and "targets or potential targets of attacks". He added that he is amazed that neutral countries are now becoming what he termed "part of the enemy" and taking the “defensive and economic” risks associated with it.

The Jyväskylä-based daily Keskisuomalainen (siirryt toiseen palveluun)looks at how similar views are being reflected in the Russian media.

Reviewing coverage on the online service of Russia's state-owned 1TV television channel, the paper reports it stating to its audience that Nato is attempting to threaten Russia through Finland.

According to the channel's news site, Nato member states have aggressively influenced Finland's position by asserting that Finland has no alternatives.

"Russia is obliged to take both military-technical and other countermeasures in order to end the threats to its national security in this regard", Russian 1TV stated.

Security of supply

The lead item in the farmers' union paper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (siirryt toiseen palveluun)examines a Finnish government report saying that Nato membership would improve Finland's security of supply.

The reporting process was launched after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February. Various parliamentary committees looked at changes in the operating and security environment and the effects of the changing security situation on the economy, crisis resilience, security of supply, internal security, cyber security, hybrid impacts and critical infrastructure.

According to the Government's report, Nato membership would improve Finland's military security of supply and the crisis preparedness of society as a whole. It states that Finland must have an adequate level of preparedness and, as far as possible, also the necessary self-sufficiency in the most essential commodities.

The paper notes that Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Forestry believes that Finland must be able to provide food for its citizens under all circumstances.

The committee also pointed out that that there will be significant regional differences in the effects of the change in the security environment.

These impacts will be particularly strong in the provinces on the southeastern and eastern borders, with the committee expecting that barriers to co-operation between Finland and Russia will have significant effects on the economy of the border regions.

In addition, quoting the report, Maaseudun Tulevaisuus writes that the change in the security environment may have a negative impact on the general image of the region, with the eastern border regions no longer appearing safe for business investment, tourists and students.

Finland in Eurovision final

Most papers, including Helsingin Sanomat, carry the news that Finland's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest will be seen and heard in the finals in Turin, Italy on Saturday.

Representing Finland, The Rasmus, was the first on stage in Thursday’s semi-finals. And, as the paper notes, the opening performance has not been the best spot for gaining points from the judges.

However, the Finnish entry made it through and will be competing Saturday against Serbia, Poland, Azerbaijan, Australia, Romania, Belgium the Czech Republic, and well as the five which go directly to the finals, Italy, France Germany, Spain and the UK.

HS's verdict on the Finnish entry is that with their long history of international performances, The Rasmus is a genuine big stage rock band that will not be an embarrassment to watch.

Unsettled weekend weather

Iltalehti warns its readers to be ready for rain this coming weekend.

Foreca Meteorologist Jenna Salminen told the paper rain showers should be expected on Saturday, especially in the western part of the country, and some in western Lapland which might include snow.

Overall, the forecast is for variable cloudy skies, periods of sunshine, but also the possibility of thunderstorms.

On both Friday and Saturday, temperatures may rise to 17C-18C degrees in the sunniest areas, with a chance of going as high as 19C.

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Japan eases quarantine rules for Ukrainian refugees' pets

Japan eases quarantine rules for Ukrainian refugees’ pets

Japan’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said earlier this week that it has eased the quarantine process for pets brought by Ukrainian refugees fleeing from the Russian invasion, reports The Mainichi. The Ministry updated animal entry regulations that had required pets brought by Ukrainian refugees entering Japan to be held in animal quarantine stations for up to 180 days, saying on…

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These conditions exist broadly throughout the Russian economy. According to the country’s Federal Service for Labor and Employment, in 2022 alone there were 4,639 industrial accidents, of which 991 were fatal and 298 involved multiple workers at once. The Federation of Independent Trade Unions, an outfit with close ties to the state and the corporations and hardly inclined towards truthful reporting, puts those numbers even higher. According to it, there were 5,563 industrial accidents in Russia in 2022. Nearly 1,300 workers were killed in these events.

Russia’s notoriously unsafe mines do not actually rank highest in regards to workplace injuries and deaths. This place is taken by the construction industry, followed by manufacturing, transportation, and agriculture, forestry and fishing, notes the website Attek in its analysis of official data.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 🚨 UPDATE ON THE SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE FROM THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(5 December 2023)

Part I

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

▫️ In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled three attacks of assault groups of AFU 43rd mechanised, 57th mechanised infantry brigades near Ivanovka and Sinkovka (Kharkov region).

The Zapad Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on clusters of AFU manpower and hardware close to Peschanoye, Berestovoye (Kharkov region), and Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).

Up to 35 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system have been eliminated.

◽️ In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units, aviation, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 63rd, 66th mechanised brigades near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 55 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.

◽️ In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled four enemy attacks and inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower and hardware near Bogdanovka, Kleshcheyevka, and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic).

The enemy has lost up to 270 Ukrainian personnel, as well as two armoured fighting vehicles.

▫️ In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade, as well as 102nd, 128th territorial defence brigades near Novomikhailovka, Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Levadnoye (Zaporozhye region).

During the day, a total of 245 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one Msta-B howitzer, and one D-30 howitzer have been neutralised.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(5 December 2023)

Part II

▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces repelled one attack of the AFU 117th Mechanised Brigade's assault group close to Uspenovka (Zaporozhye region).

In addition, air strikes and artillery fire struck the personnel and hardware of the 65th Mechanised Brigade close to Rabotino amd Dorozhnyanka (Zaporozhye region).

The enemy losses were up to 50 servicemen, four armoured fighting vehicles, four pickup trucks, and one Giatsint-B gun.

▫️ In Kherson direction, as a result of the Russian Group of Forces actions, artillery, and aviation, the AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, one M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 103 areas during the day.

Air defence units shot down two MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near Shirokoye (Dnepropetrovsk region) and Bereznigovatoye (Nikolayev region), as well as one Mi-8 helicopter close to Peschanoye (Kharkov region).

In addition, 74 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted near Sergeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic), Gorlovka, Spornoye, Yalynskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Chubarevka, Tokmak (Zaporozhye region), Novaya Kakhovka, Ivanovka (Kherson region), as well as one HARM anti-radiation missile.

📊 In total, 547 airplanes and 257 helicopters, 9,465 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 air defence missile systems, 13,807 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,187 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,234 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,939 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

🔹 Russian Defense Ministry

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