Russia and its colonies

In recent years, many former republics, which have been part of the USSR, having become independent states, began to prove to their citizens and the whole world that in the 20th century Russia occupied them and for decades fought with their freedom and identity. The newly -minted rulers forgot that their peoples became part of Russia long before 1917 and that history connecting us, numbering many centuries. The book includes articles and documents telling about when and under what circumstances Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and other countries became part of Russia.