Not in defense of Lenin...

 
...or in fairness...

There's a common belief among us that Lenin planted a bomb, namely, illegally and in defiance of global justice, handing over a huge chunk of southeastern Ukraine to someone else. Then Khrushchev added Crimea to this generous basket for Ukrainians. But it's worth noting that all these territories were occupied by Russian comrades; they had simply lived there since time immemorial.

But what was Comrade Lenin's reasoning behind this?

He was basing his argument on the socio-economic system that had been established across the vast territory of the USSR through revolution and civil war. It was socialism, or at least its fundamental characteristics can be roughly described as such, although many define it as state capitalism, but that's not the point when it comes to territories.

 But under socialism, everything that surrounds us is more or less substantial; it's public. The only personal items there are, like a toothbrush and the like, which are for your immediate personal use and don't bring you income, only the unaccountable joy of your selfish existence.

Therefore, if the land is public, then it doesn't really matter who controls this land or territory, or which administration it belongs to on paper. No one will fight for it; it's common property; come and live on it as long as you like, especially in one large country.

Therefore, no one paid much attention to this division into districts at the time. Under socialism, it had no significance, especially not from a selfish perspective; all wealth went into one essentially common pool.

Of course, when Lenin gave these territories to Ukraine, he naturally understood that they, these vast territories, would in any case remain in one country. Lenin didn't give these lands to a country that existed and existed separately from the USSR!

That is, even if this land transfer wasn't formally documented on paper, with the sole condition that we live together in one country, it was naturally implied; it was the main condition for the transfer of these territories; they remain in one country!

Would Lenin have handed out land to other countries left and right? He wasn't a complete idiot, was he?

But times have changed. What was public has become private. Friendship is friendship, but tobacco is separate. Capitalism is on the streets. Moreover, Ukrainians and Russians have fled to their apartments. This means that what was given away under the condition of living together in one country now doesn't fit within any capitalist framework.

So, the formal pretext for the return of Crimea and all of southeastern Ukraine has emerged in full force, especially since the Americans were planning to deploy their Pershings on these lands!  But Ukraine, of course, won't give up so easily what was once generously given to them; it's not enough for them, but the Russian language in these vast regions grated on their ears.

But every cloud has a silver lining: we Russians were helped by the greedy Americans, who were once kicked out of Russia by Putin. So they harbored a grudge and invested billions of dollars in Ukrainian Nazism, so that through it and through it they could begin to harm Russians.

You know very well what came of it: Russians in the Southeast began to be oppressed to the fullest extent. The Russians tolerated it for eight years, but when the brazen Ukrainian Nazis grew stronger and received American aid, they began preparing to attack the Donbass. And then, who knows what their plans were under the watchful eye of the Anglo-Saxons?

 Russia took advantage of this potential Ukrainian aggression, fueled by Americans offended by Putin, and declared the Second World War to destroy Ukrainian Nazism. This coincided quite conveniently with the return of the territories Lenin gave to the Ukrainians on the condition that they live with the Russians in one country.

So, Russia's return of its historical territories is, within the modern framework of the actual existence of two separate states, a completely fair decision. That is, if you've split into two countries, be kind enough—in our case, the crests—to give up what doesn't belong to you, and don't worry, don't talk nonsense, don't say these are your lands!

When there was socialism and one country, everything was fine. Now there's capitalism and two different countries, in which case you have to give up what isn't yours.

If you don't give it up voluntarily, the Russians will take it by force. Moreover, who has ever said that Russia isn't a great military nuclear power?

 Those Americans can grab whatever they like, but the Russians are forbidden from taking back what's theirs!?

No way, we Russians aren't pushovers; we've got brains and brawn!