In February 1954, Khrushchev transferred the Crimean Oblast to Ukraine, with Sevastopol retaining a special status as a Russian naval base - so with the transfer Sevastopol remained under Russia's protectorate. Over the past twenty years, in independent Ukraine, the city still retained its special status. Nevertheless, the new authorities in Kiev (better say, the "junta") who performed the February 2014 coup lead by Stefan Bandera ideas, are planning to include Sevastopol into the Ukrainian territory.
The people of Sevastopol started fighting against the Ukrainian Coup, they do not recognize the Kiev junta, and create their own city authorities and self-defense committee. In this way, Sevastopol recognized that its heroic traditions still live in people's memory.
A people's meeting in Sevastopol against the Ukrainian Coup
(Translator note: “Bandera Followers” used in the article is
referred to the ultra radical far right organizations and parties, that
currently constitute the muscle of “Maidan”. Stephan Bandera was the notorious
head of UPA – a military arm of Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, which
collaborated closely with Nazis during the WWII and continued fighting against
the USSR until mid-fiftie). During that time UPA participated in numerous acts
of genocide against Jewish, Polish , Russian and even Ukrainian population).
Currently in the most countries of the post USSR - “bandera followers” is equal
to “fascist” much like “hitleryte”=”nazi”.)
Today, I attended the “anti-Bandera” meeting in Sevastopol.
Never expected it could be so great. Initially I estimated that there were
around 5-10 thousand people present, but later count showed that the meeting
was attended by 20-25 thousand. And this in the city where the average
political gathering has never been larger than a few dozen (or sometimes a few
hundred) people. Today, Sevastopol truly rose and showed the largest
“anti-Bandera” meeting in its own post-Soviet history, but the largest one on
the whole South-East of Ukraine.
The threat of fascism united us all. The meeting was
supported by almost all city’s political organizations, some of which had
completely opposite different views on other issues. There were flags of
Russia, Russian Empire, Communist Party, “Russian Block” and of other patriotic
organizations. There were also portraits of Stalin, Victory flags and flags of
Soviet Navy. Bandera’s followers (fascists) managed to distract various people
with different political beliefs from their usual bickering, and separate them
from their comfortable couches, and to come out and voice their opinion in the streets.
Hopefully it will be heard in Kiev. Those Bandera followers were awfully proud
that they managed to collect 20 thousand on Maidan in a multimillion Kiev and
claimed that they represented the will of the whole country. Sevastopol has now
shown how many people can really be gathered in a relatively small city, if the
final goal was clear and people were ready to fight for it.
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