SecondIt has been going on for a few years Vladimir Putin As the chief historian, defend Russia from historical counterfeiters. Anyone who deviates from the President’s doctrine regarding the Hitler-Stalin Treaty (correct and important) or independent Ukraine (invalid) must be afraid of punishment.
In the Far East of Vladivostok, a student now dared to correct a mistake in the president’s description of history. Dealing with the president’s dereliction of duty and the courage of the students shows the fear and awe of the people on the one hand, and the understanding and tolerance of state power on the other. In the words of the Kremlin, history only knows the victor—the loyal political scientist. Sergey Markov, “just a great man”.
Putin’s exchange with Nicanoor Tolstoy, a student from Vorkuta (a city developed by the infamous labor camp at the northern end of the Ural Mountains on the other side of the Arctic Circle) took place at the All-Russian Children’s Center The “ocean” of Vladivostok. Winners of many school culture, art, sports and science competitions gathered there. But again, Putin is first about history.
The Seven Years War is confused with the Great Northern War
In part of the conversation that became news, the President conflated the Seven Years’ War between Prussia, Austria, and Russia from 1756 to 1763 with the Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia from 1700 to 1721. First, student Tolstych described his dream history lesson, in which the 3D czar model activated by QR code described their domestic and foreign policies.
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Putin then reminded us that you must not only list numbers, names and events, but also know the actions. What did Tsar Peter the Great do in the Seven Years’ War, “Why did he fight the Swedes for seven years? Overall, this battle in Poltava,” Putin said. One of the tsars opposed the Swedish King Karl XII. World. The battle was won in 1709 near the city in what is now northeastern Ukraine. “What did you do to this Poltava? All of this makes sense.” Not long after, Putin saw it in the student Tolstoy. How it works, asks: “Do you want to say something else?” The boy squirmed, and then said what is the correct name of the war that Putin mentioned and when it happened. Until it lasted for 21 years, the President thanked the “rectification”.
This may be the end of the matter. But the president’s correction was so unusual that it caused a sensation in Russia. The principal of Tolstoych School explained her student’s behavior with her young “boldness”, praising the boy and his young, open and creative generation, but emphasized: “My age no longer allows me to interact with The presidential conversation acted this way.”
When asked about this matter, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov (Dmitry Peskov) said that he did not agree with the principal’s view that no one would drive Tolstoy out of school. This boy was very good. Talent, know a lot, “a great person”. Peskov also praised Putin for not only possessing “extraordinary historical knowledge”, but also being ready to be corrected at any time, whether he is a “child or an expert.”
Putin: “Why offend me?”
In this way, the situation can be resolved. Political scientist Markov not only treats Putin (“Anyone can make mistakes in details”), students (“Putin really messed up”) and the authorities (“No raid”) boys “Family”) are protected, and the director is also protected: their job is to teach the children what is right, and it is wrong for the boy not to let Putin go as the “political father of the country”.
Therefore, this incident is now used to portray Putin as a benevolent czar, each of his rights may be different: when asked on Friday at his Far East Economic Forum about Nikanor Tolstych’s expectations for the future, Putin asked Said: “Who is that?” The host invited from the national television station reminded the president to “correct your boy”: “The Internet is boiling.” Has Putin been corrected and offended? “Then why offend me?” Putin answered the ball. “On the contrary, I am just very happy. Young people know the history of the motherland, it is wonderful.”
After shooting so many backs, no one noticed that Putin once again whitewashed the Soviet dictator Stalin in front of the students, focusing on modern history, although as usual, no one refuted him. For example, when he praised the “young people” who built the Baikal-Amur route and were completely “attracted by their cause”. The President ignored the fact that tens of thousands of forced laborers were also used to build railway lines.
Putin emphasized that “beautiful young people” also built a bridge to Crimea. This should really apply to actual workers, but after the annexation, the two companies that spent more than 3 billion euros to build a bridge from the Russian mainland to the Ukrainian peninsula belong to Arkadij Rotenberg, who is 69 years old and 9 months older than him. Childhood sweetheart Putin.
