Another important (and succinct) 🧵 by historian Botakoz Kassymbekova: "Many of us, ex-colonial subjects of the russian empire, had russian friends before the genocide. We didn’t hold grudge for the past. We spoke russian and thought we shared a culture, even if forcefully imposed on us…" For the rest, see https://twitter.com/botakozkassymb1/status/1605135848122490880
#Colonialism #RussianCulture #ExcolonialSubjectivity #Ukraine #Genocide