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Test. Test test. Test test test. That is more or less reflected in the number of the divisions. But more important than that is the dynamics of what is happening. The soviets are about to take berlin. The western allies as well that is the contest for the conferenc context for the conference. Issues that were discussed, the conference apart from the military coordination of the military, the activity on the Eastern Front and the western front, was of course the future of germany. And we talked about that a little bit earlier. The question was whether or not there would be small germanys, roosevelt saying when i was a student and i travelled and everything was wonderful and peaceful, and the german states he has no real problem with dividing germany into a number of states. Chur churchill was also excited about that. Germany, but in yalta he was the one who was pushing for that. And fdr and churchill were champions of that idea and they were in a position where they were not prepared to
Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and josef stalin. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen for our next event. Its more or less the keynote of the day because it is the talk on the yalta conference though all of the programs, all of the sessions will be wonderful. We have Serhii Plokhii here from harvard. Hes the professor of ukrainian history and director of Ukrainian Research institute at harvard. As i mentioned the morning hes been on our list for a longtime and we have finally found the right time to bring him down here to enlighten us. His many titles include the last elm pmperor, the cossack myth and forgotten bastard of the Eastern Front. Ladies and gentlemen, dr. Serhii plokhii. [ applause ] thank you very much for this introduction. Thanks to the organizers of the conference for bringing me here, and i also want to thank all of you because coming from boston and thinking that the weather is like today decided to come inside and listen to presentations like mine, i really appreciate th
Place at a crimean resort in ukraine. This talk is part of a World War Ii Museum symposium marking the 75th anniversary of the yalta talks between winston churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. For our next event, it is more or less the key note of the day because it is the talk on the yalta conference, although all of the sessions will be wonderful. We have Serhii Plokhii here, the director of the ukrainian history and director of Research Institute at harvard. As i mentioned this morning, he has been on our list for a long time and we finally found the time to bring him down here to enlighten us. His titles include the last empire, thethe cossack myth, and the forgotten pastors of the Eastern Front, and yalta for peace. Ladies and gentlemen, dr. Serhii plokhii. [applause] mr. Collins, thank you very much for this introduction. Thanks to the organizers of the conference for bringing me here. I also want to thank all of you because carmen f
Serhii plokhii here, the director of the Ukrainian Research institute at harvard. As i mentioned this morning, he s been on our list for a long time and we finally found the time to bring him down here. His titles include the last the cossack the forgotten pastors of the eastern front, for peace. Ladies and gentlemen, dr. Serhii plokhii. [applause] plokhii thank you for the introduction. Thank you to the organizers for bringing me here. I also want to thank all of you , these coming from boston today, being as it is coming inside to listen to presentations like mine, i really appreciate that sacrifice. Thank you. The organizers really couldnt find a better time to have a conference like that, given that we are really having our symposium 75 years almost day today to the conference that took place in crimea back in february of 1945. And the conference that is still very much with us on many levels. 4 of this year, that was exactly the anniversary of the conference. Coverage,the media an