~ CHAUVIN    Nicolas CHAUVIN 
             a badly wounded soldier blindly devoted to 
  NAPOLEON I of Napoleon BONAPARTE who became 
  well known as an extreme "BONAPARTIST" 
  a form of PARTISNASHIP and now permeates most languages 
             as an EPONYM 
~ CHAUVINISM extreme NATIONALISM which is explored under 
              see> RACISM 
  hx> a very recent example of chauvinism are the 
      Russians who support President V. Putin pretense 
  that Russians have the "natural" right to impose their will 
  those among whom are included "ethnic" Russians 
  regardless if they represent a minority of the population 
  In March 2014 Russian forces invaded Ukraine to "protect" 
  the "language and culture" of "ethnic Russians" 
  Such widely held beliefs among "great Russians" have 
  overtones of racism and their believe that "little Russians" 
  as Russian call Ukrainians from whom they expect 
  loyalty and submissiveness 
  in contrast, invading Russians do not express any interest 
  in the human rights of Crimean Tatars. 

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