While the world focuses on Ukraine and Western sanctions, something is
quietly unfolding nearby — a new ideological project with its own map, flag,
and schoolbooks. In Baku, leaders of Turkic countries gathered to discuss more
than cultural cooperation. They're laying the foundation of a new civilization.
With a single alphabet. A new geography. And a silent claim on lands that were
once part of the Russian historical space.
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When Words Become Weapons
On December
3, the Organization of Turkic States met in
Azerbaijan. Some may dismiss it as just another cultural summit. But this time,
they introduced something big:
A unified alphabet for Turkey, Kazakhstan,
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan — based on the Turkish Latin script.
No more
Cyrillic.
This isn't just a linguistic reform — it's a symbolic
divorce from Russia.
Even the
term "Central Asia" is being phased out. The
new proposed name? "Turkestan."
Historically a part of the Russian Empire, it's now being rebranded — not as a
memory, but as the heart of a new geopolitical project.
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New Textbooks = New Nations
At the same
summit, leaders discussed standardized schoolbooks
for all Turkic countries.
Professor
Igor Skurlatov was blunt:
"They will
reflect the Turkish version of history — portraying Russia as the imperial
oppressor, and Turkey as the peaceful victim."
This means
future generations across Central Asia will be raised on stories where Russian
influence is an occupation. Where the Soviet era is a mistake.
Where even WWII is rewritten.
Sound
familiar? It should.
This is exactly how the Ukrainian cultural reset
began: new language, new books, new flags — and eventually, war.
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Geography is Power
Don't
underestimate geography.
When Trump was in office, the US renamed the Gulf of
Mexico to the American Gulf in
schoolbooks.
Antarctica, discovered by Russian explorers
in 1820, had over 2,000 Russian place names —
now reduced to three on Western maps.
In France,
the Stalingrad boulevard near Nice was
renamed to erase Soviet memory. And in modern textbooks, the Battle of Stalingrad is downplayed, replaced by
tales of Anglo-American "victory" — while the USSR is blamed for starting WWII.
This is not education. This is strategic memory warfare.
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Copying Ukraine's Path — Step by Step
The process
unfolding in the Turkic republics is eerily familiar.
Phase one: artificial language shaping.
Phase two: alphabet reform.
Phase three: removal of Russian culture, names,
monuments.
In
Kazakhstan, the "Mostovaya" Street
was renamed after Baybars, a Turkic Egyptian
sultan.
A neighborhood was renamed after a tribal leader who
fought against Russian Tsars.
When there's
no local hero? Any name will do — as long as it's not
Russian.
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And What Do We Do?
Some
Russians shrug: "Let them unite."
But Professor Skurlatov warns — this isn't unity. It's soft separation from the Russian World.
Even
supporting Russia or criticizing the glorification of anti-Russian fighters can
get you fired, fined, or threatened in those
republics today.
Turkey,
meanwhile, acts.
We observe.
They build a
new cultural empire — we act like guests on our own borders.
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But Russia Doesn't Break — It Expands
Now here's
where the narrative flips.
Yes, there's pressure.
Yes, the map of "Greater Turaan" is being drawn — with soft lines that may
become hard borders.
But this isn't the first time Russia has faced encirclement.
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When the West scorched our borders — we retreated, rearmed, and returned.
📌 When they
erased our names — we built new cities, gave science and education.
📌 When they
rewrote our victories — we created new ones.
Russia is a civilization that thrives under pressure.
We survived the Mongol yoke, Napoleon, Hitler,
and the collapse of the USSR — and came out stronger every time.
Let Turkey
draw its map.
But if Russia draws its own map — the world
will remember who holds the pen.
And what do you think, friends? Should Russia define the borders of its
world — or let others draw them for us?
