Аннотация: The Sketch about pseudo-historians and the next success of modern Russial diplomacy
The Sketch about a pseudo-historians and the next success of modern Russial diplomacy
The word "pseudo-historians" is an artistic hyperbole.
Eugene Tarle, one way or another, was guided still by those installations to which Karamzin's 'History' obeyed. But in this guidance there was a historical meaning. Tarle acted in the conditions of the Stalin era. The Stalin era was characterized by the growth of the empire.
In the Stalin era, to make the role and significance of the Rech Pospolita, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, an elements of a public historical worldview, perhaps, was not entirely logical.
But the historical era passed, and 'independent states' were formed in the place of the USSR.
It would seem - the time has come to understand the logic of the intellectual movement of Russia, to stop repeating the Karamzin-like formulas about the "Polish intervention in Russia" in the "troubled times".
But no! November 7 was replaced by November 3-4. Later the one of the main intellectuals of the 'Russial state' created an epoch-making work on the 'Polish invasion' and even transformed it for the purpose of a production on a theatrical stage.
This is no longer a creative search of the 'Russial intelligentsia'. This is reminiscent of public policy.
You can say, that it all doesn't matter. All this is a legend, a myth of the old antiquity.
But no.
September 1, 2019, Poland marked the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. Representatives of 40 states gathered. Russia was not invited to this event.
Comments from respected spokesman Peskov followed ...
Here we come to the conceptual historical legacy of the respected historiographer Karamzin. He personally deserves nothing but respect. Questions arise to those who are unable to adapt the 'historical worldview' to modern conditions.
If Karamzin-like historical views were not a persistently guarded element of the official point of view, then the situation on September 1, 2019 could look much different.
As you know, a significant part of the territory of modern Belarus was part of the Rech Pospolita in 1569 and in 1939.
In this regard, both Belarus and the Union State, uniting Russia and Belarus, had the moral right to organize modest, worthy events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.
And the statements of the respected spokesman Peskov could have sounded different ...
The word "pseudo-historians" is an artistic hyperbole. Therefore, we will express ourselves more vaguely.
The world is changing, and the population of modern Russia, sometimes, focuses on a historical concepts of a ... losers ...
September 2, 2019 18:43
Translation from Russian into English: September 2, 2019 19:31.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Скетч о псевдо-историках и очередном успехе современной российской дипломатии'.