September 21 - World Russian Union Day
In the world, according to official UN statistics, about 127 million Russians live. Of these, more than 111 million Russian - in the Russian Federation (data from Rosstat).
The UN numbers cannot but cause bewilderment if only because the rest of the world (without regard to the territory of Russia accounts for) supposedly accounts for the entire 16 million ethnic Russians. One can argue with this, assuming that on the territory of Ukraine alone about 34% consider themselves ethnic Russians, and this (assuming that the population of Ukraine is 38-39 million people) is already 13 million people. Moreover, 13 million is according to the most modest estimates - due to the fact that not every person with Russian roots today in Independence Ukraine is ready to call himself Russian, and not Ukrainian.
In the end, is it possible in general to somehow separate the borders not of the state, but of ethnic groups: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian? We all belong to one world, one big tree with a common root system. Some of their branches are trying to cut off from this tree, thus foolishly trying to declare themselves not involved in the Russian world. Others try to strike common roots.
However, despite this, the Russian world, as if someone did not relate to this concept, is huge and multifaceted. The Russian world is not only ethnic Russians born on the Central Russian Upland. This is a world of people who are committed to a unique Russian culture, traditions, way of life, thinking systems and readiness for self-sacrifice. Whether it is ethnic Yakut, Kabardian or Ingush. This is the world of people who at the gene level are endowed with a sense of unity, despite all the ethnographic and antopometric differences.
And the day of such unity today marks Russia and the entire Russian world. World Russian Unity Day appeared relatively recently in the calendar. In November, 2009, the initiative to find a place in the calendar of holiday dates for the World Day of Russian Unity, was announced at the II International Youth Forum "St. Petersburg and Young Compatriots: Bridges of Cooperation in the XXI Century". The initiative was presented by Alexander Ivanov - Chairman of the International Initiative Committee.
The proposed then (in 2009) declaration on the proclamation of World Day of Russian Unity was supported at the forum by representatives of 24 countries of the world. Since 2010, the holiday is officially celebrated.
Here is a complete list of the delegations of the countries that signed the declaration - the countries in which representatives of the vast Russian world live: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, USA, Turkey, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia and, of course, Russia.
As you can see, Ukraine, which at that time was on the time interval between the first and second Maidan, decided that its people had no relation to the holiday, and therefore the signature of the Ukrainian delegates under the declaration is not. Today's Maidan elites of the neighboring state, apparently, are proud of the fact that even then Ukraine showed a desire to cut common roots.
What was the aim of public organizations when the World Day of Russian Unity was proclaimed? In fact, the goal is not one. This is the preservation of the ethnocultural originality of the Russian people, these are interactions between Russian communities and diasporas in various countries of the world, this is the promotion of the interests of the Russian public abroad, this is consolidation within the Russian world, which, by and large, has no framework. Why not have?
The answer is simple.
Can one be considered a person outside the Russian world and Russian unity, for example, an outstanding opera singer named Zurab Sotkilava? Zurab Lavrentievich departed the life of September 18 and bequeathed to bury himself in Georgia. At the same time, he himself is a man of the Soviet school, a people's artist of the USSR, who for many years devoted himself to the creative path of the Bolshoi Theater. Zurab Sotkilava was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Is Zurab Lavrentievich not an example of a man who, not being ethnically Russian, was an example of the infinity of the Russian world, its unity and depth.
Can one be considered a man outside the Russian world, the famous Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky? It is difficult to imagine what Konstantin Konstantinovich (an ethnic Pole) would say to all those representatives of the current Polish elites who are trying to bring relations between Poland and Russia to a boiling point. As it is difficult to imagine the legendary marshal outside the Russian world. Some food for thought: from 1949 to 1956, Konstantin Rokossovsky was the Minister of Defense of the Polish People's Republic. Today, the Polish Minister of Defense - Antoni Macerevich ... As they say, feel the difference.
Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Donatas Banionis, Georg Ots - are these not outstanding personalities of the boundless Russian world?
The trouble is that there are reverse examples when ethnic Russians (at least, they speak about themselves that way) curse the unity of the Russians, as they say, on which the world stands. Any attempt at Russian unity by individual “friends of Russia” is perceived with hostility. A vivid example is the reunification of the Crimea with Russia, when the representatives of the ultra-liberal public continue to argue with foaming at the mouth that the opinion of the Crimean people was not to be taken into account. In fact, this is a betrayal from the Vlasov series, the seeds of which, unfortunately, still find fertile ground in the minds and souls of individual citizens.
The advantage is that such people are a minority, although this minority sometimes behaves too actively, if not aggressively.
In any case, the World Day of Russian Unity is an excellent reason to think that unity is not an empty phrase. The main task of the opponents of the Russian world is disunity. Unfortunately, it was actually possible to do this on the example of fraternal Ukraine - to disunite, set off, push their foreheads together.
Yes, it is brotherly Ukraine. After all, do not call the enemy the territory, which itself was one of the cradles of Ancient Russia and on which people with Russian blood live. And that handful of angry followers of Nazi criminals who seized power in this once grateful republic will not be eternal. it historical postulate.
And, as a conclusion, I would like to note the following: representatives of Russian culture may have different views on life, different political preferences and economic opportunities, but the main thing is self-identity, self-awareness of involvement in a large community of people united by the memory of blood spilled by our ancestors for so that today we can live in peace and harmony.
The UN numbers cannot but cause bewilderment if only because the rest of the world (without regard to the territory of Russia accounts for) supposedly accounts for the entire 16 million ethnic Russians. One can argue with this, assuming that on the territory of Ukraine alone about 34% consider themselves ethnic Russians, and this (assuming that the population of Ukraine is 38-39 million people) is already 13 million people. Moreover, 13 million is according to the most modest estimates - due to the fact that not every person with Russian roots today in Independence Ukraine is ready to call himself Russian, and not Ukrainian.
In the end, is it possible in general to somehow separate the borders not of the state, but of ethnic groups: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian? We all belong to one world, one big tree with a common root system. Some of their branches are trying to cut off from this tree, thus foolishly trying to declare themselves not involved in the Russian world. Others try to strike common roots.
However, despite this, the Russian world, as if someone did not relate to this concept, is huge and multifaceted. The Russian world is not only ethnic Russians born on the Central Russian Upland. This is a world of people who are committed to a unique Russian culture, traditions, way of life, thinking systems and readiness for self-sacrifice. Whether it is ethnic Yakut, Kabardian or Ingush. This is the world of people who at the gene level are endowed with a sense of unity, despite all the ethnographic and antopometric differences.
And the day of such unity today marks Russia and the entire Russian world. World Russian Unity Day appeared relatively recently in the calendar. In November, 2009, the initiative to find a place in the calendar of holiday dates for the World Day of Russian Unity, was announced at the II International Youth Forum "St. Petersburg and Young Compatriots: Bridges of Cooperation in the XXI Century". The initiative was presented by Alexander Ivanov - Chairman of the International Initiative Committee.
The proposed then (in 2009) declaration on the proclamation of World Day of Russian Unity was supported at the forum by representatives of 24 countries of the world. Since 2010, the holiday is officially celebrated.
Here is a complete list of the delegations of the countries that signed the declaration - the countries in which representatives of the vast Russian world live: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Greece, Georgia, Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, USA, Turkey, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia and, of course, Russia.
As you can see, Ukraine, which at that time was on the time interval between the first and second Maidan, decided that its people had no relation to the holiday, and therefore the signature of the Ukrainian delegates under the declaration is not. Today's Maidan elites of the neighboring state, apparently, are proud of the fact that even then Ukraine showed a desire to cut common roots.
What was the aim of public organizations when the World Day of Russian Unity was proclaimed? In fact, the goal is not one. This is the preservation of the ethnocultural originality of the Russian people, these are interactions between Russian communities and diasporas in various countries of the world, this is the promotion of the interests of the Russian public abroad, this is consolidation within the Russian world, which, by and large, has no framework. Why not have?
The answer is simple.
Can one be considered a person outside the Russian world and Russian unity, for example, an outstanding opera singer named Zurab Sotkilava? Zurab Lavrentievich departed the life of September 18 and bequeathed to bury himself in Georgia. At the same time, he himself is a man of the Soviet school, a people's artist of the USSR, who for many years devoted himself to the creative path of the Bolshoi Theater. Zurab Sotkilava was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Is Zurab Lavrentievich not an example of a man who, not being ethnically Russian, was an example of the infinity of the Russian world, its unity and depth.
Can one be considered a man outside the Russian world, the famous Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky? It is difficult to imagine what Konstantin Konstantinovich (an ethnic Pole) would say to all those representatives of the current Polish elites who are trying to bring relations between Poland and Russia to a boiling point. As it is difficult to imagine the legendary marshal outside the Russian world. Some food for thought: from 1949 to 1956, Konstantin Rokossovsky was the Minister of Defense of the Polish People's Republic. Today, the Polish Minister of Defense - Antoni Macerevich ... As they say, feel the difference.
Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Donatas Banionis, Georg Ots - are these not outstanding personalities of the boundless Russian world?
The trouble is that there are reverse examples when ethnic Russians (at least, they speak about themselves that way) curse the unity of the Russians, as they say, on which the world stands. Any attempt at Russian unity by individual “friends of Russia” is perceived with hostility. A vivid example is the reunification of the Crimea with Russia, when the representatives of the ultra-liberal public continue to argue with foaming at the mouth that the opinion of the Crimean people was not to be taken into account. In fact, this is a betrayal from the Vlasov series, the seeds of which, unfortunately, still find fertile ground in the minds and souls of individual citizens.
The advantage is that such people are a minority, although this minority sometimes behaves too actively, if not aggressively.
In any case, the World Day of Russian Unity is an excellent reason to think that unity is not an empty phrase. The main task of the opponents of the Russian world is disunity. Unfortunately, it was actually possible to do this on the example of fraternal Ukraine - to disunite, set off, push their foreheads together.
Yes, it is brotherly Ukraine. After all, do not call the enemy the territory, which itself was one of the cradles of Ancient Russia and on which people with Russian blood live. And that handful of angry followers of Nazi criminals who seized power in this once grateful republic will not be eternal. it historical postulate.
And, as a conclusion, I would like to note the following: representatives of Russian culture may have different views on life, different political preferences and economic opportunities, but the main thing is self-identity, self-awareness of involvement in a large community of people united by the memory of blood spilled by our ancestors for so that today we can live in peace and harmony.
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