Since time immemorial, September 1 has been the first day of birth. school inside Russia. It is also Teacher’s Day and during this time they often receive gifts and appreciation from parents and students. This year’s starting weapon, like most elements of everyday life, is determined by the current context. And in front of a youth who doesn’t watch state media and tends to disagree. KremlinRussian power is trying to change this to encourage it”patriotism” In Russian schools.
The most important changes are the ones that are relevant. history the newest Russia. “The part that refers to the date between 1970 and 2000 has been completely rewritten,” said the government’s former Minister of Culture, Vladimir Medinski. Vladimir Putin In addition, the issues between the years 2012-2020 have been added. This date is no accident: since it was the year that Russia unilaterally annexed the Ukrainian peninsula, it is the beginning of direct hostility towards Ukraine. Crimea and the war has begun Donbas Among pro-Russian militias Donetsk And Lugansk and the regular army of Ukraine.
However, the most important issuespecial military operation”, the Russian offensive in Ukraine. There will be a separate section of this in the same textbook, and 650,000 copies have been printed for this new course. Medinski detailed that he would have “lots of micro-histories and interesting data (…) lots of new illustrations” about him. In the text of the same book, it is pointed out that one of the fixed ideas of the West is to “destabilize Russia”, eventually “break it up and control its resources”.
Criticism and patriotic reinforcements
The terminology used in the book is the same as the terminology of Russian power. Ukraine is being stigmatized as an “extreme nationalist” country and “neo-Naziand blame United States of America Preparing biological weapons in Ukraine. US-funded media such as Radio Free Europe remind us that he is a historian with a dubious reputation. In 2012, she was accused of plagiarizing her doctoral thesis, and in 2017 her doctorate was revoked because her research was not “non-academic” and ignored sources that contradicted her. Also one of the books USSR myths 1939-1945It was branded as “agitprop” and “nonsense” by experts such as Alexey Isaiev.
This change in school supplies is part of the Kremlin’s campaign in schools. patriotism among the youngest Russians. Already in the last lesson, the students were given texts with phrases such as “you can’t be patriotic just by shouting slogans (…)”. homeland With a gun in his hand”. Other similar expressions told to the students are expressions such as “Homeland happiness is more valuable than life”, “Homeland does not give happiness”. fear Give your life for your country.”