In 1919, during the Paris Peace Conference, a map of Ukraine was displayed, which included the Crimea, the Kuban, and part of Belarus.

The corresponding map was published on its page in Twitter by the publication "Radio Liberty".

As you know, at the peace conference in Paris, the results of the First World War, according to which several empires broke apart: the Rosii, the Ottoman, the Austro-Hungarian.

Twitter Radio Liberty "Then in Paris Ukrainians were considered rather exotic - it was a definite surprise. Well, it is clear that the Ukrainians counted on the fact that, since the conference proclaimed the goal of a new fair peace, in this just world there is a place for the Ukrainian people, "said historian Maxim Morozov.

According to him, then the Ukrainians wanted this conference to solve the Ukrainian national question and "rely on it, because they did not feel defeated".

"They felt like a new subject that should be open to the world and the world should be open to them," he concluded..

As reported by the "Observer", previously a journalist Vitaly Portnikov on a clear example explained that the Crimea is waiting.

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