100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF KRUTY AND THE SPIRAL OF HISTORY

 

On January 29, solemnities and patriotic marches in honour of the Heroes of the Battle of Kruty were held by nationalists all-over Ukraine. 100 years ago our country was in the same position as it is today, being in a state of undeclared war with Russia, having just same Kremlin puppet 'republics' in the east. The weak and irracional government in Kyiv is relaing on diplomacy instead of building new army. Western neighbours are waiting for a right time to grab their piece of a pie. On January 29, 1918, a group of 300 young men arrived to the railway station of Kruty to challenge the advancing 5 thousand Bolshevik army. 

 

Why have we still pay so much attention to the battle that happened so many years ago? Because we consider it one of the cornerstones of our statehood. Despite the loss of the nation-liberation struggle, the feat of those young men in Kruty has inspired next generations of fighters for the freedom of Ukraine, from the UVO-OUN fighters till modern age. I bet each of us once imagined onwnself among them, participating the battle. I bet each of them would gladly join our struggle in the frontline or in the streets of seemly peacefull cities, fighting separatists.

As you know, history goes on a spiral and it's easy to draw parallels between the 100-years-old events and the present. A century size thread of history is swirling with our reality with astonishing percision ... At that time, when the then state's false elites - whose consciousness was drifting in the dead sea of rationalist, materialist doctrines and ideologies - had persuaded the "reactionary and backward," as they believed, masses that the idea to have own developed army and strong national state are regressive ideas, ordinary but noble young men had tried to save the nation's honor! Let's recall during modern 'independece' period how many times we were heard from the state's first persons about how reasonless it is to develop the army since "we are not going to fight with anyone," not to mention the abandonment of nuclear status ... And even now, during a war time, the ruling elites call upon us to build dialogue with the invader, just as Grushevsky and Vinnichenko had done. 

 

Later, after the defeat of the liberation struggle of 1917-21, the veterans and younger generation of nationalists numerously pointed out that it was the UNR Directorate's ideological thistle that had brought the country to a national catastrophe. Then the nationalists were in minority, their voice had drowned in the dark demo-liberal and socialist demagogy, and few listened to them. But further history has convincingly proved the viability of nationalist path.

Today we can see that conservative and nation-oriented tendencies gradually win back its positions in Europe, unlike at the beginning of the XX century. Nationalists opinion has more weight in the society now, thus we have a unique opportunity to win our national state and establish our own, Ukrainian order on Ukrainian land. After all, in geopolitical measure strong Ukrainian state will positivelly impact to whole the region development. 

Pravyi Sector