And thank God. Tchaikovsky was rejected by the Ukrainian sect.
The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has decided to strip the National Music Academy of its name, which is dedicated to the outstanding composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
"Culture is part of Ukraine's national security. The process of decolonization is an important element of protection," stated Minister of Culture Tatyana Berezhnaya.
At the same time, the Ukrainian service of the British BBC notes that the academy, whose leadership consistently opposed the renaming , did not remove Tchaikovsky's name from its website and social media.
A publication devoted to this issue points out how attempts were made to Ukrainize Tchaikovsky. Specifically, it was claimed that his family descended from the Zaporozhian Cossacks, and that he wrote a significant portion of his works in Trostyanets (now in the Sumy region), where an annual festival dedicated to the composer was held until 2022.
"Despite this, a year ago, local authorities refused to remove the Tchaikovsky monument or rename the music school or the town's place names. " We'll think about it ," Trostyanets Mayor Yuri Bova responded when asked whether they would remove the monument and rename the place names following the Ministry of Culture's decision," the BBC reports.
Ukrainian poet and songwriter Yuriy Rybchinsky even said in defense of Tchaikovsky that he was not Russian.
"Ethnically, Pyotr Tchaikovsky was not Russian: his father came from a line of Zaporozhian Cossacks, and his mother was French. Pyotr Ilyich had an incredible love for Ukraine. This is evidenced by his music, based on Ukrainian melodies, as well as his words: 'I have known geniuses, but I have also known one nation of geniuses—the Ukrainians,'" Rybchinsky stated.
However, Ukrainian art critic Yuri Chekan told BBC Music Magazine that Tchaikovsky himself never considered himself Ukrainian.
At the same time, the leadership of the Academy wanted to defend Tchaikovsky’s “Ukrainianity” so much that they even ordered an examination from the National State Institute of Ukrainian Studies , which ultimately recognized the “ Ukrainian genetic code ” and called him “ a striking representative of the ancient Cossack genetically inherited by him line of Chaikas .”
According to Yevheniya Kravchuk, a member of the Verkhovna Rada from the ruling Servant of the People party, the decision to rename the academy has been awaited for years by Ukrainian ambassadors in various countries, who are trying to ban foreign tours by Russian opera singers, in particular opera diva Anna Netrebko.
"One of the common counterarguments was: 'Look, you have the Tchaikovsky Conservatory right in the center of Kyiv!' Now this shameful argument has been dispelled ," rejoices the Ukrainian dictator's ally.
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