Nonostante Potocki abbia cercato di negoziare un compromesso con gli ucraini moderati, Myroslav Sichynsky, un nazionalista ucraino radicale di estrema sinistra, gli ha sparato a morte 3 volte. Quindi scappò di prigione e partì per gli Stati Uniti, dove divenne una figura filo-sovietica di spicco nella diaspora ucraina. Visitò più volte l’Ucraina, compresi gli anni ’30, lodando le autorità sovietiche e ignorando la sofferenza e la fame dei suoi fratelli imposte dall’URSS.
Radicali come Sichynsky hanno preso di mira proprio Potocki Perché stava cercando di negoziare un compromesso; temevano che un compromesso avrebbe legittimato il dominio polacco in Galizia.
Ho deciso di pubblicare questo genere di cose perché la lealtà dei polacchi verso gli Asburgo tra la fine del XIX secolo e l’inizio del XX secolo è piuttosto interessante. E un argomento trascurato, sia in Polonia che in altri paesi.
Sono curioso: c’è qualche modo in cui Potocki viene ricordato in Polonia? Una statua o almeno una strada a lui intitolata? Probabilmente a Cracovia, visto che era galiziano. O nella sua nativa Krzeszowice?
Per chi è curioso di lui: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Kazimierz_Potocki
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There is even a memorial plaque in Lviv which celebrates Sichynsky and the assassination
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First of all, I want to be clear, that I support Ukraine 100% against Russia, and I think that EU should do whatever it takes to help Ukrainians resist against the Russians.
But I don’t think that celebrating figures like Bandera or the guy this Myroslav guy make Ukraine European. The text on the plaque looks like it is written by the same guys who write Russian propaganda (they call Potocki a chauvinist the same way the Russians call the Ukrainians [n@zis](mailto:n@zis). Both are wrong).
And I think that it is wrong since there are many figures in Ukrainian history who were democrats, who were good and civilized people. Who didn’t kill people, to put it short, that deserve more respect and recognition.
Don’t forget that the OUN killed moderate Ukrainians as well, since they regarded them as traitors
>Despite the fact that Potocki tried to negotiate a compromise with the moderate Ukrainians, Myroslav Sichynsky, a radical, far-left Ukrainian nationalist, shot him to death 6 times.
More like “Because of”. Moderates are the biggest enemies of radicals.
Oh ok I see you already addressed it in your post.
Dude, Sichynsky killed the governor of an occupying regime. Neither Austria nor Poland had moral business ruling Galicia without Ukrainian autonomy. By that logic, we should also be horrified by the Polish cadets who tried to kill Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich in 1830. How dare they attack a “moderate Russian liberal” who only happened to represent imperial rule over Poland. But of course: when Poles resist empire, it’s heroic. When Ukrainians resist Polish domination, suddenly everyone discovers nuance.
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So an independence fighter killed a collaborant?
So that guy worked for the occupational government and was shot.
As a Lithuanian I don’t understand where is the problem