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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 689 (1) Fence-ridingism

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    At this point, Zhukovsky was almost certain that Simon Petliura was not sincere enough to cede territory to the Volga Federation and seek peace under the current situation, even in the form of establishing a Volga-Ukrainian Union.  Getting rid of the German occupation and joining the Allied camp was still a gentle and buffered way. However, when Zhukovsky brought a delegation to congratulate the founding of the Volga Federation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Golubovich gave this  The implication is that Ukraine's biggest enemy is not the Volga Federation and the Allied Forces, nor the German and Austrian occupying forces, but the unwilling Soviet Russia in the north.  Fastest update, all text typed by hand

    Tsarist Russia was once the biggest obstacle in the way of the Ukrainian nationalist movement. After the tsar stepped down and Tsarist Russia collapsed, the new successor, Soviet Russia, also inherited the ideas of Tsarist Russia, but it was under the banner of the Soviet and Bolshevik movements.  And those who are above want to infiltrate and subvert all the places that originally belonged to Russia and then bring them back into the territory of Soviet Russia.

    For the German-Austrian Allies, the so-called independent countries and regimes established with the support of the German-Austrian occupying forces, such as Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, were not only necessary to carve up and weaken Russia.  In addition to means, it is also a buffer zone set up to protect the four allied countries including Germany, Austria, Turkey, and Bulgaria. If these countries want to avoid being re-annexed by Soviet Russia, they can only rely on the more powerful German-Austrian Allies, and Ukraine is no exception.  .  Read the latest chapter

    The situation in Europe in 1918 was actually quite tangled. If the above-mentioned weak emerging countries wanted to survive after declaring independence, they had to rely on a powerful force. After Tsarist Russia, as a former member of the Allied Powers camp, ceased to exist, these originally  The country can have the opportunity to surrender to the Allied camp without affecting its own independence.

    However, on the Eastern Front, the Soviet Union, which inherited the mantle of Tsarist Russia, turned out to be a smelly and hard rock, an unreliable master, and became a unique landscape and force outside the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. Moreover, it was a threat to Finland,  Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan are the gangsters who have the most territorial and territorial claims.

    With the collapse of Tsarist Russia and Soviet Russia's maverick behavior, a vacuum emerged in the Allied camp on the Eastern Front. This forced the above-mentioned nine countries to rely on the German-Austrian Allies in order to seek and maintain their independence. The enemy of our enemy is us.  My friends, this is so simple.

    Of course, no one expected that within just six months, the Sino-Japanese alliance in the Allied camp would sweep in from east to west, not only reopening the Allied Eastern Front battlefield, but also annihilate them all in the Battle of Ufa.  The main force of the Soviet Red Army was 300,000, and the emerging Volga Federation was quickly established at a speed that no one expected!

    Different from the nine independent countries of Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, which were established with the national democratic movement, the emerging Volga Federation was majestic and open to all rivers from the beginning, and provided its population with autonomous republics.  Numerous ethnic regions have sufficient autonomy and autonomy without abandoning the unified national model of the central government. The key is that the land decree of the Volga Federation itself has become the best means in this era to fight against the Bolshevik movement.

    So before Zhukovsky led the delegation, Golubovich, one of the leaders of the Ukrainian National Union and the current foreign minister of Ukraine¡¯s ruling cabinet, summoned his deputy privately and warned him repeatedly,

    "Nikolai Nikolayevich, Ukraine has always been a battleground for military strategists. Germany and Austria are now at their peak, but the Germans will always be the aggressors. We are now trying to survive in the cracks between Germany and Soviet Russia. If we want to  If it is not overturned by Soviet Russia and the Bolshevik movement, it can only temporarily rely on the German-Austrian Allies. Although the Volga Federation is an emerging country, it is now a widely recognized country in the Allied camp.

    When you go this time, you must unswervingly defend Ukraine's democratic position, but also flexibly grasp the scale of negotiations. If there is an opportunity, we are not opposed to joining the Allied camp on the premise of maintaining independence. Of course,  , provided that the Allies or the Volga Federation can protect Ukraine's sovereignty from infringement!  Even more so from the eyes and ears of the German consultants!  "

    Vladimir Olevjevich Golubovich was originally a member of the Ukrainian Socialist Revolutionary Party. He served as the first prime minister of the government at the beginning of the founding of the Ukrainian People's Republic, and later became the leader of the Changing King's Flag on the City Wall.  era, finally most of the Ukrainian Socialist-Revolutionaries, left-wing Socialist-Revolutionaries, Mensheviks, and Constitutional Nationalists formed a united front against the Bolsheviks: the Ukrainian National Union.

    Golubovich, who led the delegation to participate in the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty negotiations between the German-Austrian Allies and Soviet Russia, also became famous in one battle and became Ukraine's international leader.The three carriages of the Central Committee of the Ukrainian National Union, namely Vinnichenko, Golubovich and Petliura, carry out the task of leading representatives at the meeting.

    By the end of July 1918, a power structure was formed in which Vinnichenko served as the chairman of the Central Rada and was in charge of legislation, Petliura served as the prime minister and defense minister of the ruling cabinet, and Golubovich served as the foreign minister of the ruling cabinet in charge of diplomacy.  Because Simon Petliura learned his lesson after repeatedly being in and out of office, being imprisoned, released, and coming to power again, he knew that political power comes from the barrel of a gun.

    Relying on the loyalty of the Commander-in-Chief of the National Army and the army, this guy refused to transfer the supreme power of Ukraine from the ruling cabinet to the Central Rada of Ukraine. This made the Central Rada controlled by Vinnichenko de facto empty.  Moreover, the Central Rada of Ukraine remains in Kyiv at this time instead of moving to Kharkiv along with the capital move like the ruling cabinet government.

    Of course, although there are countless factions and rifts within the Ukrainian National Union, the troika can basically remain consistent in terms of foreign policy. Germany and Austria are like wolves, and the Soviet Union and Russia are like tigers. When Germany and Austria were extremely powerful, the Ukrainian government and the other eight  It is natural that all countries chose to rely on Germany and Austria.

    The instructions Zhukovsky received from Golubovich was to leave some room and prepare an extra way out for Ukraine's future, instead of just following the German-Austrian path to the dark side!  Opportunism that sits on the fence is a reflection of the secret thoughts of most of Ukraine¡¯s leaders.

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