Is anyone ready to fight to save the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War?
Some time ago, my article was published on the pages of "Military Review" “Create a memorial to the rescued heroes”. The article is devoted to the problem of desecration of monuments to Soviet soldiers in foreign countries, the scolding of honor and sacred memory of our fathers and grandfathers. A variant of solving this problem is also proposed - the return to the homeland of monuments subjected to vandalism. It is proposed to place the exported monuments in a specially created memorial to the rescued heroes.
It would seem that such an idea should find a wide response in the minds and hearts of compatriots. After all, 27 million victims of the war! Millions of war veterans who have sons, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Members of veteran public organizations, patriotic youth organizations - how many members do they have? Alas, today the article received only 47 comments and 7 likes. It is gratifying that at least most of the comments are positive. I would like to dwell on some of them that deserve, from my point of view, attention.
The reader, under the nickname Sergey S., suggested placing the salvaged monuments along the Pulkovo highway, on the way from St. Petersburg airport to the city. The idea is phenomenal in terms of a killer effect on guests from inhospitable countries. Of course, it cannot be realized, but Sergey’s train of thought reflects his attitude to the atrocities of the XNUMXst century vandals.
The opposite opinion was expressed by the reader under the nickname Leader of the Redskins, he called the idea “Manilovism”:
“One can only dream that huge material and technical means for moving memorials will be dumped. This will not happen in the current realities. ”
I allow myself to object to the leader of the Redskins. My idea is not new. Here are just a few examples. Pskovites are ready to buy Soviet monuments from Lithuania [1], in Moscow they are ready to buy a monument to Suvorov from Kiev [2]. Russian businessmen offered Poland to buy out the monuments to Soviet soldiers [3].
There are many other similar offers. By the way, one of my readers under the nickname PO-tzan also offered to chip in to save the monuments by deducting 10 percent of the salary from everyone who wants to take part in the project. "Wishing" while accumulated a little.
Nevertheless, this is not Manilovism, because people who have a heartache for fallen heroes look at things soberly and offer to buy monuments, and not at the expense of the budget, according to the leader of the Redskins, but at the expense of folk funds, funds of commercial organizations, for example, Avanti (CEO Rahman Yansukov). In fairness, it is worth noting that his proposal, published in August 2017, like my appeal, gained only 714 views and received 1 (one!) Like.
Where are you, the mysterious Russian soul glorified in legends?
A reader under the name Phil77 wrote:
“And what about the mass graves of fallen soldiers? But doesn’t it seem to you that those who are engaged in vandalism seek to erase all the memory of the war, about those who liberated their cities at the cost of their own lives? If we remove the monuments to fallen soldiers, then future generations of Europeans will not know at all about the role of Red Army fighters in the defeat of Nazism. How to deal with vandalism? Need to think!"
Let's analyze the comment on the points. First, why is this happening? The answer lies on the surface: with the collapse of the USSR, the Warsaw Treaty Organization, the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance and many other social and interstate relations, public consciousness in the countries of Eastern Europe changed radically. People returned to their former, pre-war values. The atmosphere of Russophobia, distortion artificially fueled by modern politicians, superimposed on this. historical the truth about the causes of the Second World War, about the contribution of the USSR and the Red Army to the victory over fascism. People began to forget that during the fascist occupation their fathers and grandfathers were not considered Nazis for full-fledged people, because they did not belong to the so-called higher race, the Aryans. And therefore, they were subject to either liquidation or transfer to the status of genuine slaves.
Thus, the monuments to Soviet soldiers erected in European cities, in the eyes of a significant part of the public, and especially the authorities and politicians, look alien. This became quite natural during the unfolding information war. And from this mass stood out the most marginal part - vandals who express their hatred of everything Russian on the monuments. That is why the monuments to Soviet soldiers, where they are scolded, are subject to unconditional evacuation to their homeland. The desecration of the honor and memory of fallen heroes who can no longer fend for themselves should not be allowed.
Secondly, about mass graves. This is a completely different matter. On the territory of 36 foreign countries, there are 12141 burials, in which lie the remains of 4124156 dead soldiers, of which only 837261 are known by name [4]. Do not disturb the grave. In almost all cultures, world and even regional religions, in the laws of any country, desecration of graves is condemned and prosecuted by criminal law. The political will to apply laws on the facts of desecration of military burials should be left to the conscience of representatives of local authorities, as well as to the persistence and firmness of the position of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Dear readers! I published an article not for publicity, and not for the sake of reward, I refused it. Together with the organizations indicated in the article, letters were sent to the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin and the governor of the Leningrad region. To date, we have received feedback from these authorities.
Since send the appeal directly VV Putin from the personal account service of citizens' appeals to the President of the Russian Federation failed, I filed a complaint to the responsible official. The answer takes one and a half pages of clerical-style text. The main point of the answer is as follows:
“The Site is an interactive service with special information processing algorithms in order to ensure equal access to communication channels for the Site users to exercise the right of citizens to appeal to the President of the Russian Federation and the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.
In accordance with the Federal Law of May 2, 2006 No. 59-FZ, the exercise by citizens of the right to appeal should not violate the rights and freedoms of other persons, therefore, in order to ensure the exercise of the right to appeal of other citizens through the Site and to ensure information security, protection is triggered due to this, the time interval between the directions of texts in the form of an electronic document from the same recipient can automatically increase. ”
In accordance with the Federal Law of May 2, 2006 No. 59-FZ, the exercise by citizens of the right to appeal should not violate the rights and freedoms of other persons, therefore, in order to ensure the exercise of the right to appeal of other citizens through the Site and to ensure information security, protection is triggered due to this, the time interval between the directions of texts in the form of an electronic document from the same recipient can automatically increase. ”
In the end, they suggested writing in regular mail to Ilyinka. I can imagine how much time will pass until someone gets their hands on a paper letter if the site itself falls from the flow of calls. It is hoped that someone from the presidential administration will review the article in the form of an open letter to V.V. Putin and, possibly, will report to him. And one can only guess in what way the idea will reach the addressee. Of course, if under the article there were not 7 likes, but a couple of millions, this would contribute to acceleration.
Our letter to the governor of the Leningrad region about the creation of the memorial was answered by the committee on youth policy of the administration of the Leningrad region. It should be noted that this is not a simple reply: the committee in the person of First Deputy Chairman M. A. Sokolov proposed to present the idea of the project in more detail for in-depth consideration. Something already. We are working.
The deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region also responded to Just Russia. She positively assessed the project as an idea and a necessity, but expressed doubt that the regional administration would deal closely with this issue amid the hustle and bustle of the upcoming elections of the regional governor.
Thus, in the dry residue we have:
• albeit a cautious, but positive reaction of regional authorities;
• indifference of the Russian people in the face of the audience of “Military Review”, if we consider it as a focus group of Russian society involved in military affairs;
• the lack of an official response from the president of Russia (for now, we will write off for a short period from the moment of publication). Soon the fairy tale affects, but not soon the thing is done, "maybe the Kremlin will harness the horses.
In conclusion, I express my wish to those readers of Military Review who are ready to fight to save the honor and sacred memory of the fallen heroes of the Great Patriotic War, to disseminate information about the project among their relatives, friends and acquaintances, let them read the article “Create a Memorial to Saved Heroes” on “Military review. " Let them leave their comments, like them if they support the project. Indeed, almost every family in the country did not wait for one of their ancestors from the war.
Used sources
“Komsomolskaya Pravda” (spb.kp.ru/daily/26410/3285353/).
"New Izvestia" (newizv.ru/news/society/14-12-2018/v-moskve-gotovy-vykupit-pamyatnik-suvorovu-v-kieve).
mosaica.ru (mosaica.ru/ru/federal/news/2017/08/16/rossiiskie-predprinimateli-predlozhili-polshe-vykupit-pamyatniki-sovetskim-voinam).
riafan.ru.
regnum.ru.
- Anatoly Lukashev
- newizv.rukieve; mosaica.ru; regnum.ru
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