紐時文章鏈接---“Putin Made a Profound Miscalculation on Ukraine”

是烏克蘭人 Yaroslav Hrytsak 的文章。鏈接在這兒：

Opinion | Putin Got Ukraine Completely Wrong - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

很長，無閑莫入。其中的主要觀點，本老漢認為是如下了兩段：

ZT

What happened in Ukraine in 2014 confirmed what liberal Ukrainian historians have been saying for a long time: The chief distinction between Ukrainians and Russians lies not in language, religion or culture — here they are relatively close — but in political traditions. Simply put, a victorious democratic revolution is almost impossible in Russia, whereas a viable authoritarian government is almost impossible in Ukraine.

The reason for this divergence is historical. Up until the end of World War I (and in the case of western Ukraine, the end of World War II), Ukrainian lands were under the strong political and cultural influence of Poland. This influence was not Polish per se; it was, rather, a Western influence. As the Harvard Byzantinist Ihor Sevcenko put it, in Ukraine the West was clad in Polish dress. Central to this influence were the ideas of constraining centralized power, an organized civil society and some freedom of assembly.

ZT 完畢。

所有跟帖： 

• 說得有理。這裏波蘭同事曾開玩笑說波蘭和烏克蘭是一個國家 :-)。再說當年的“Rzeczpospolita -papyrus- ♂ (263 bytes) () 03/21/2022 postreply 05:20:34

• 再謝古紙兄的文化滲透。給大帝講曆史的人應該等同給大祖當國師的金政委，肯定沒提這一段，^_^。 -文革傳人- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/21/2022 postreply 23:25:29

• 去了解一下克裏米亞戰爭中那個斯特列科夫，就知道比普京更貪心皇俄派的想法了。。。 -未完的歌- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/21/2022 postreply 07:50:44

• 謝歌兄介紹，這就去窺一窺。 -文革傳人- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/21/2022 postreply 23:26:35

• 波蘭，奧匈帝國都對烏克蘭影響很深，而且俄羅斯導致的烏克蘭兩次大饑荒，是烏克蘭人心中永遠的痛 -daxigua01- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/21/2022 postreply 12:07:43

• 是。不久前還有網友在此細說過那個曆史過程。Fool me once, twice and three times? -文革傳人- ♂ (0 bytes) () 03/21/2022 postreply 23:28:28