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{{See also|Izium-Kharkiv front}}
{{See also|Izium-Kharkiv front}}
==WWII: Battle of Kharkov==
==History of Kharkov==
Defeat in [[World War I]] and the revolutions of 1917 destroyed the [[Russian empire]]. The Ukrainian elite declared statehood: the Ukrainian People's Republic was proclaimed at [[Kiev]] on Nov. 20, 1917, becoming independent on Jan. 22, 1918. The West Ukrainian People's Republic was proclaimed at [[Lvov]] on Nov. 1, 1918. A rival Ukrainian Soviet Republic was established at Kharkov on Dec. 24, 1917. On Jan. 22, 1919, the two republics united. [[Vladimir Lenin]] gave Ukraine Kharkov, [[Donbass]], and the coastal oblasts, making it an artificial state in the style of the [[EU]].<ref>https://russophile.org/is-ukraine-an-artificial-state-popular-youtuber-says-yes/</ref><ref>https://orientalreview.org/2017/08/21/ukraines-misunderstanding-lenin-helps-explain-americas-fight-re-invented-historical-statues/</ref><ref>https://russian-faith.com/persecution/struggle-russian-christian-faith-europe-carpatho-russians-n1122</ref><ref>https://www.sott.net/article/391652-The-history-of-Ukraine-as-an-artificial-state</ref> By then, however, the military situation was desperate, as [[Polish]] and [[Bolshevik]] armies pressed the Ukrainian nationalists from west and east and the peasant [[anarchist]]s led by Nestor Makhno took control of large areas. Because [[communist]] theory denies the existence of [[race]] as the adherents flip flop to favor one group over another, Lenin made the [[Soviet Union]] autonomous republics so not one ethnic group will have too much power.
===WWII: Battle of Kharkov===
{{See also|Operation Barbarossa}}
{{See also|Operation Barbarossa}}
As the Germans advanced on Moscow in the summer of 1941, and against the advice of the German High Command, [[Hitler]] suddenly detoured the center line of advance south, creating a huge traffic jam as the central column had to cross the southern advance. This slowed the advance on [[Moscow]] to which they did not arrive until October 16, 1941, as the snowy season set in.
As the Germans advanced on Moscow in the summer of 1941, and against the advice of the German High Command, [[Hitler]] suddenly detoured the center line of advance south, creating a huge traffic jam as the central column had to cross the southern advance. This slowed the advance on [[Moscow]] to which they did not arrive until October 16, 1941, as the snowy season set in.