The new director of the State Museum of Fine Arts (GMII) them. LIKE. Pushkin (Pushkin Museum) Elizaveta Likhacheva in the RTVI program “Diaries of the New World” compared to Joseph Stalin, the late Secretary General of the USSR, with the Disney character Mickey Mouse.
On March 22, it was learned that Twitter’s Associated Press correspondent Alexander Roslyakov removed a post from a 2018 video of Likhacheva sitting in her office at the Shchusev Architecture Museum against the backdrop of a photographic portrait of Stalin with a pasted picture. rabbit. As Likhacheva explains, the image was presented to her by her colleagues and caused mixed reactions among office guests. “People come to the office, they see this unfortunate sign, which by the way was an installation, because we had Stalin with ears. According to the reactions, everything was clear: we will work or we will not work. Now people have completely lost their sense of humor, ”complained she.
He continued that Likhacheva’s office had three pictures of Stalin, including a bar of soap that had been used for its intended purpose. “I am a supporter of a very simple position: he is dead. All. We drove. We cannot measure our life today with Stalin. This is ridiculous. Why not Ivan the Terrible? Even Peter I was a very suspicious character, ”says the new director of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.
The museum director is confident that the discussions about Stalin and his death are distracting people from the real problems. “Citizens, did you really go there like a cuckoo? Is there really nothing else to discuss?” Likhacheva asks, noting that for Russians, Stalin has always been a kind of sign. “Like Mickey Mouse, he is a popular culture item for us. There are many pictures of Stalin, and after all, he is the subject of popular culture. So, whenever he needs to divert people’s attention from something serious, important, Stalin understands it, ”he concluded.
Previously reportedThat after Likhacheva’s departure, a new director was appointed to the Museum of Architecture.