| − | The Azov Battalion's [[anti-Semitism]] stems from the great famines of the 1920s and 1930s in the Ukraine and the rest of the country, resulting from [[Stalin]]’s confiscation of crops to finance the modernization of the [[Red Army]]. This [[genocide]]—known in the Ukraine as the [[Holodomor]], though it hit [[Kazakhstan]] and the Volga region harder than it did Ukraine—was perpetrated by the [[NKVD]] (the forerunner of the [[KGB]]), whose some of its upper echelons of leadership were mainly composed of [[Jews]]. This is why, today, Ukrainian extremists are using this in order to be asking [[Israel]] to "apologize" for the crimes of [[communism]], as the ''Jerusalem Post'' notes.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/far-right-protesters-in-ukraine-demand-israel-apologize-for-communism-654711</ref> Though Stalin had no Jewish links and rather persecuted Jews<ref>Vaksberg, A. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=bcRtAAAAMAAJ Stalin Against the Jews]. (n.p.): Random House Value Publishing.</ref><ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/24660789 Anti-jewish Policy Of The Ussr In The Last Decade Of Stalin's Rule And Its Impact On The East European Countries With Special Reference To Poland]. Bozena Szaynok. Vol. 29, No. 2/4, THE SOVIET GLOBAL IMPACT: 1945-1991 (SUMMER-FALL-WINTER 2002 / ÉTÉ-AUTOMNE-HIVER 2002), pp. 301-315 (15 pages)</ref> and he was the one overseeing all decisions. Nor is there a connection between those Communists and The state of Israel established by a variety of backgrounds and ideologies. | + | The Azov Battalion's [[anti-Semitism]] stems from the great famines of the 1920s and 1930s in the Ukraine and the rest of the country, resulting from [[Stalin]]’s confiscation of crops to finance the modernization of the [[Red Army]]. This [[genocide]]—known in the Ukraine as the [[Holodomor]], though it hit [[Kazakhstan]] and the Volga region harder than it did Ukraine—was perpetrated by the [[NKVD]] (the forerunner of the [[KGB]]), whose some of its upper echelons of leadership were mainly composed of [[Jews]] (though most were not, and all were under Stalin). This is why, today, Ukrainian extremists are conveniently using this in order to be asking [[Israel]] to "apologize" for the crimes of [[communism]], as the ''Jerusalem Post'' notes.<ref>https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/far-right-protesters-in-ukraine-demand-israel-apologize-for-communism-654711</ref> Though Stalin had no Jewish links and rather persecuted Jews<ref>Vaksberg, A. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=bcRtAAAAMAAJ Stalin Against the Jews]. (n.p.): Random House Value Publishing.</ref><ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/24660789 Anti-jewish Policy Of The Ussr In The Last Decade Of Stalin's Rule And Its Impact On The East European Countries With Special Reference To Poland]. Bozena Szaynok. Vol. 29, No. 2/4, THE SOVIET GLOBAL IMPACT: 1945-1991 (SUMMER-FALL-WINTER 2002 / ÉTÉ-AUTOMNE-HIVER 2002), pp. 301-315 (15 pages)</ref> and he was the one overseeing all decisions. Nor is there a connection between those Communists and The state of Israel established by a variety of backgrounds and ideologies. |