One of the most important elements of Russian propaganda is cultural propaganda. Its biggest fiction is the myth of the great Russian culture. Russia is spreading this fiction everywhere, especially in Europe and America. Many people in these parts of the world are sincerely convinced of the greatness of Russian culture. However, it is a collection of fakes, appropriations, borrowings and brazen plagiarism. The Russian classic Turgenev said: “Even whips and boots are not our invention.”
If you look closely at the phenomena of Russian culture, you can always trace their non-Russian origin.
The Ukrainian cultural figure who lives in the city of Dnipro, Volodymyr Seleznyov, in his excellent book “Kremlin Plagiarism” noted: “All empires live thanks to the fact that they rob other people, appropriating not only their material (natural resources, human resources, etc.) and spiritual wealth (what is now called intellectual property)”.
Russians in their history were slaves of the Golden Horde for several centuries, then slaves of the most reactionary feudalism with serfdom, and now increasingly becoming slaves of red China. Therefore, any form of dependence on the Russian Federation means being in slavery among slaves.
Thus, it is very difficult to talk about any Russian identity -it is absent. The Russian philosopher Chaadaev wrote: “Look closely, and you will see that every important fact of our history came from outside, every new idea is almost always borrowed.”
The Russians were unable to build their national symbol themselves – the Moscow Kremlin, which, among other things, is a copy of the Castello Sforzesco castle in Milan (Italy). The Kremlin was built by Italians – Aristotle Fioravanti, Marco Ruffo and Pietro Antonio Solari. Another Italian – Aleviz Fryazin – joined this construction. He was going to Moscow through the Crimea, where the Crimean Khan stopped him and offered to build something for him. The Italians built the luxurious front gate portal of Aleviza, which became the decoration of the Khan’s palace in Bakhchisarai. After that, the Khan released Aleviz to Moscow…
Many other things that are considered specifically Russian are not. These thefts of other people’s cultural achievements by Russia often reached the point of the ridiculous. When in the 1930s a delegation of Mexican workers met with Stalin, they were shown the Soviet musical film “Happy Guys”, where the song “Legko na sretje ot pesni vesoloy” was performed, the Mexicans said: “Comrade Stalin! This is our song of the Mexican revolution, “Adelita”!” Stalin reassured them: “It was yours, it’s ours!”
In the process of liberating Ukrainians from Russian rule, it is very important to expose the myth about the so-called “great Russian culture”. This myth lasted so long in the USSR due to its closure from other cultures. Those who are familiar with Byron’s poems and in particular with his literary hero Childe Harold, will not be overly impressed by Pushkin and his Onegin, and those who know the works of the Roman poet Horace and his poem “Monument” will not bow to Pushkin’s “Memory” jailer”.
For now, the fate of our culture and Ukrainian freedom is being decided at the front. God, be with our heroes!
