[Aaus-community-list] Re: [aaus-list] Russia begins tracking down falsifiers of its history

[Roman Serbyn]

I think the document is important enough to be translated into English. The
“Commission for Prevention of Falsification of History to the Prejudice of
Russia's Interest”
should  be exposed for what it is purported to be - ”Putinskii put’ k
pravde” (Putin’s way to truth), or a “Ministry of Truth”
Described in Orwell’s Ministry of Truth (Nineteen Eighty Four, in the spirit
of the Ministry’s maxim of “He who controls the past controls the future. He
who controls the present controls the past.”

In this connection interesting comment by Oleg Kozlovsky ( Russian Democracy
and Human Rights Activist)
“Medvedev Imposes Control Over Russian History”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/oleg-kozlovsky/medvedev-imposes-control_b_2053
49.html
In which he states:

“Two topics are almost sure to be the first on the Commission's agenda:
Holodomor (famine in Ukraine and some other parts of the USSR, reportedly
planned and organized by Stalin) and the occupation of Baltic states by the
USSR. But soon, more subjects are probably to come.”

I think it would be useful to make a list of statements and comments by
leading intellectuals in Russia and the West who oppose the very thought of
the creation of such a totalitarian type institution and bring them to the
public’s attention.

Roman 


Le 23/07/09 11:57, « Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj » <oleh.ilnytzkyj at ualberta.ca> a
écrit :

> Hi,
> 
> Roughly summarized: The document (authored by V.A. Tishkov) is a request from
> the Russian Academy of Science’s Department of Historico-Philological Studies
> to its affiliates, asking them to send annotated lists of works that falsify
> Russian history, along with persons and organizations engaged in such
> activity; to identify what affiliate Institutes are doing to expose
> falsifications; to send lists of people who can participate in the work of
> analyzing historical falsifications that harm the interests of Russia.
> 
> Best,
> Oleh
> 
> 
> On 7/23/09 6:57 AM, "bvitvitsky at comcast.net" <bvitvitsky at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Oleh,
>> 
>> For those of us who don't read Russian, a one sentence characterization is
>> always much appreciated.  That way we can decide whether it's something of
>> particular interest that would justify finding someone to translate.  Thank
>> you
>> 
>> Bohdan Vitvitsky
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 
>> From: Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj
>> 
>> To: politics at brama.com, vote2008 at ukrainiansforobama.com
>> 
>> Cc: ukrainians at yahoogroups.com, aaus-list at ukrainianstudies.org
>> 
>> Sent: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:26:02 +0000 (UTC)
>> 
>> Subject: [aaus-list] Russia begins tracking down falsifiers of its history
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The attached speaks for itself.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj, Professor
>> 
>> Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
>> 
>> University of Alberta * 200 Arts Building * Edmonton, AB T6G 2E6
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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