Posted by Slawko on March 09, 2000 at 23:31:31:
In Reply to: Re: Any Russian/Soviet Holiday. posted by Mykhailo Martin Motruk on March 09, 2000 at 18:09:45:
: Should Ukraine continue to celebrate the Soviet
Victory Day (May 9) as a national holiday?
: There have been efforts (some half-hearted) by
the Verkhovna Rada to eliminate all of the
vestiges of the former Russian/Soviet oppressor.
Some still stubbornly remain, like the hammer and
"sick"le, statues to Lenin, etc. Even use of the
Russian language is still stubbornly adhered to in
the Rada by many speakers, even though many
certainly speak Ukrainian. (Can you imagine a
senator or a congressman speaking a foreign
language while addressing his peers on the floor?)
: As much as we all would like every last sign
of those times to disappear, we have to realize it
will take time to reshape the minds of those
people, and more importantly, the Ukrainian
government and Ukraine's people have much more
important things to do with their time and money
first. All in good time, as the saying goes. Then
again, if you happen to be in Ukraine and wish to
hack away at some monument of Stalin or something,
that is your business........:)
: Chest'!
: Mykhailo Martin Motruk
:
If the government of Ukraine would have grabed the moment in Dec. 1992 and destroyed all soviet Paraphernalia, they would have half of the problems today.Remember see no evil do no evil.I know that Ukraine has many many inteligent people,but do they have enough shrud ones in government.