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Slava Ukraรฏna!!!
Blessed be by God the Life, Liberty, Dignity and Happiness!!!
God Bless America, Ukraine and the European Union!!!
The Germans have quite a classical culture, too, but look at what they were doing 80 years ago. As for Russian culture, well, let's look at their wonderful musical history, specifically the works of Shostakovich (one of my favorite composers BTW). Once you get beyond the early works, the coded (or not so coded) references to totalitarianism in his nation and its horrors are plentiful and certainly there to hear. I can only imagine what a sensitive soul like his would experience if he were to find out that close to 50 years after his death, Russia had thawed a bit, then hardened again, and is now committing such atrocities again.
In terms of its international standing at this time, Russia in many ways is simply a vast gas station with nukes, owned and managed by thugs.
This of course doesn't apply to all of the people who staff it, but certainly to those in control.
@Anna from Ukraine ๐My mouse jumped and unintentionally clicked the "dislike" button. I immediately corrected, you definitely deserve a "thumbsup". Thanks for the upload. Stay safe!
I love Russian culture whenever I open a bottle of Russian vodka. I don't like Russian culture when my vodka bottle is empty.
…For nine months now my vodka bottle has been empty. – Stay strong, Ukraine! – Take care! – Slava Ukraini!
Russia poisons everything, including culture.
I think Russia's best example of cultural identity is making amusing drunk driving videos on YouTube.
Dangerous talking?! Alienation of a different nation. Slowly but steady. Hope you do not get out what you were told to get out. Strange times. Strange people. But it is the time of our life. Out of the nowhere.
Ukraine now has the freedom to get rid of all Russian monuments and vestiges of their intrusive historical objects in the Ukraine by cheerful Ukranian monuments and street names which are warm and dear to the Ukranian people.
AFU (Armed forced of Ukraine) AFU (Anna from Ukraine) – nice !
Anna, do you consider Bulgakov Russian or Ukrainian writer? I know he's ethnically Russian, but he's born in Kiev and I think I feel the influence of that in his works (Master and Margarita). Any opinion on him? Just curious..
How about Boris Pasternak? I understand he was Ukrainian and his book "Doctor Zhivago" which was also a great movie, was banned in the Soviet Union.
My great grandparents fled from Russia and finally made their way to the USA. My great grandmother would swear at the TV when the heads of Russia was on the TV when I was a kid. I learned a lot of new ways to swear in Russian. ๐ I was lucky that where I grew up we had many families from Russia, Ukraine, and from Eastern Europe and all of them were now Americans and happy.
Shakespeare/England-'I die for honour' Moliere/France 'I die for love' Walt Whitman/America 'I die for freedom' Dostoevsky/ Russia 'I die'.
Symbols of occupation, culture of fear.
Ukrainians and Poles have the common enemy. Pushkin was a shovinist and hated the Poles as much as the Ukrainians. He didn't have a problem with Russian army slaughtering civilians in Warsaw; I bet he wouldn't see a problem with Bucha in 2022. We don't have much time for his poetry in Poland. What a great culture … not.
Watch Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972) on the Mosfilm YouTube channel.
Very well said, Anna! Getting rid of those symbols of terror will show that you do have the freedom to do so and understand the importance of freedom! It is a symbol or an anchor to the past! That type of anchor shows that people who have brought terror be it war or political strife! One should not allow these people to be etched in stone as a symbol of wrongdoing, to say that wrongdoers will be forever honored in history! History should be not forgotten but to honor terror in this way in itself is wrong! Let's say you had a parent who beat you your whole childhood than when you grow up and become an adult you are to honor this parent with a picture or statue at your front door, I think not! Put them in a museum with the understanding that they are part of a terror system that is not part of the whole just part of that inner circle, and that terror can look like you or me! To have the freedom to ask questions, the freedom to express one's opinion! And that lies are looked down upon which is even more important in this techno age! Slava Ukraine!
Lol ๐! Even with everything happening and all the stress that comes with it, Anna is still able to find humour with regards to her students and how sheโll approach any leniency given to them for not have their work done on time… ๐
That little mischievous look set the mood or filled the remarks to perfection!! ๐ Donโt stop being you Anna!
Anna your students will look back in the future & remember a heroic woman filled with strength & resilience, who believed in her country & her people enough to devote every day to making a difference. I have a crush on the teacher because she is blossoming with life.
Slava Ukraine!
@6:59. I can think of one person who is influencing Russian Ideology today. Forget Dostoevsky, forget Solzhenitsyn; think Dugin.
Dugin is Pushka's modern counterpart.
Which is your city Anna ?
When they began attacking Ukraine I dedicated myself to commenting as much as possible to describing Putin as Jealous Putin. Ukraine lives better than Russia and itโs trajectory as far as wealth and quality of life was on its way to far supersede Russia in quality of life, freedoms, finance, etc. Jealous Putin and his Jealous orks okโd this invasion to bolster and defend their own egos on this matter. Russiaโs level of extreme hate and rage comes directly from this notion that they were better than Ukraine only to realize they are not better or better off so they want to inflict their pain onto the citizens of Ukraine.
Russia is heading very quickly back to big brother 1984 ๐ ๐๐บ๐ฆ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Why was statue of Catherine the Great in many cities like Herson? Maybe because she FOUNDED them. LOL
I've just subscribed to your channel based on this and a first video of yours I listened to on the Russian Orthodox Church. I'm 64 but still take great pleasure in learning new things and your videos are full of them. It's also very impressive how you present the video in one take without notes, which for me emphasises how well you know your subject matter. I'm British and I can't present as well as you in English! The pride in my country is knowing that we will support Ukraine until your inevitable victory.