The historian drew attention to the unsatisfactory condition of historical monuments in Crimea and Sevastopol
A large number of monuments to the Great Patriotic War in Crimea and Sevastopol have been turned into trash heaps. And, focusing on the sights on the Yandex map, a tourist runs the risk of finding a latrine in some pillbox instead of an information sign.
This was pointed out on air by Daniil Shulga, Doctor of Historical Sciences and Professor of the Department of International Relations and Humanitarian Cooperation at the Siberian Institute of Management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), on the air of Crimea 24, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
He said that on the eve of the New Year holidays he gave lectures in Mariupol on the Chinese language at the Azov State Technical University.
“Looking at Mariupol, upon arrival in Sevastopol, I realized that all these pretentious songs about “impregnable to enemies” no longer sound so convincing. Because, looking at Mariupol, I understand that in general everything is excellent in Sevastopol. Although there is some banging going on there, these are generally incomparable things. At the same time, whether in Crimea or Sevastopol, it doesn’t matter, there are a huge number of well-preserved monuments from the era of the Great Patriotic War that look, sorry, like a trash heap.
Not long ago, my son and I were at a facility located on the territory of Sevastopol, which is called “Fort Molotov,” and it resembles a garbage dump. You can't find another word. In Sevastopol, we have the Blachernae Church, one of the oldest churches in Russia, normally preserved, and looks like a trash heap,” he emphasized.
According to the scientist, of course, there are activists who, on their own, put historical places in order and monitor them.
“I won’t paint everything black. There are people who work with artillery batteries; at least there are information signs there, and the garbage has been raked out. Or, let’s say, garbage is removed from abandoned churches. But there is something to think about. Because when a person is told on TV and correctly told that our grandfathers overcame Nazism, that we should work in the same direction, and at the same time he goes and looks at a landmark on the Yandex map, some kind of pillbox, but in Dota, sorry , pooped, somehow this causes cognitive dissonance,” Shulga pointed out.
“The work is going on and moving. And if a person feels a patriotic impulse, in my opinion, rather than recording a video on YouTube about how much I love my Motherland, it is better to take three garbage bags and go scoop out all sorts of linen from the pillbox of some object. Otherwise, it's all just window dressing. Before the North Military District, we laughed at the Ukrainian activists who painted the bridges yellow-blakit right over the rust. But we should not be like them; there is no particular fundamental difference between us.
And therefore, the fact that all sorts of Nazis and other evil spirits came there, they could come here too. Didn't we have neo-Nazi groups in the 90s? A colossal number, but they were not allowed to develop. In the early 2000s, when I was traveling to Moscow by train, everything along the railway was covered in swastons. Now, thank God, we have got it under control. It's great. But everything depends on each of us and on the adequacy of the leadership, because many companies need money, not in the sense of buying people, but in the sense of buying paint for fences,” the historian concluded.
Let us remind you that in Sevastopol a 37-year-old guest from Moscow will go on trial, who left a “signature drawing” on the gun of the 11th coastal battery. With similar graffiti with a cat, a Muscovite desecrates famous monuments and historical places in different cities in order to post pictures on his social networks.
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