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yellowcanine

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7. There were Mennonites in Ukraine who had been invited there

Reply to Igel (Reply #6)

Sat May 10, 2025, 07:20 PM

May 10

By Catherine the Great. They had their own autonomous colonies and were excused from military service until the late 1800s, at which point many emigrated to Canada and the U.S. But many stayed and got caught up in civil war and the famine which followed in 1920. They were also German speaking so it is understandable that they at first saw the Nazis as liberators. Many followed the German army retreat in 1945. The Soviets caught many and sent them to Siberia. A few lucky ones migrated to Paraguay and other places.

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Russia Erects Stalin Statue in Occupied Ukraine [View all] riversedge May 10 OP

Good drone target tomorrow. riversedge May 10 #1

In the 1930's Stalin deliberately starved 4 million Ukrainians to death. Irish_Dem May 10 #2

Yes, for a few reasons. Igel May 10 #5

I agree, a new bomb/drone target... nt mitch96 May 10 #3

Yes bc Stalin treated Ukrainians so well they welcomed the Germans yellowcanine May 10 #4

And had a larger percentage of their population killed Igel May 10 #6

There were Mennonites in Ukraine who had been invited there yellowcanine May 10 #7