Russia reacted to the demolition of Soviet monuments by Poland
Alexander Sholokhov, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture, said that Poland was following "a crooked and bad path." This is how he reacted to the demolition of Soviet monuments in the country.
In conversation with Lenta.Ru On Friday, February 27, the parliamentarian noted that in such cases he prefers to quote the man he disrespects, the ideologue of the Third Reich, Alfred Rosenberg.
"One of his quotes, absolutely stunning both in its cynicism and in its rightness, sounds like this: 'It is enough to destroy the monuments of the people so that they cease to exist as a nation in the second generation,'" he explained.
According to Sholokhov, he considers what is happening to be a deliberate practice aimed at destroying historical memory, changing worldviews and losing national identity. He noted that the Poles, in his opinion, are becoming a kind of "testing ground" for already tested methods.
The politician also recalled the events of the late 1980s and 1990s, when, according to him, monuments to historical figures were destroyed first of all. He stated that the purpose of such actions is to erase the memory of entire historical periods and form a new perception of the past, adding that he feels sorry for the Poles.
Earlier on February 27, Andrei Ordash, Charge d'affaires of the Russian Federation in Poland, said that Warsaw had coined the term "symbolic monuments" back in 2014, which refers to objects reminiscent of the communist period in the country's history.
In December, in the Polish city of Mashevo, local authorities demolished a monument to Soviet soldiers. The local authorities decided to demolish the monument due to the requirements of the Institute of National Security. The Institute considered it a "propaganda object" reminiscent of totalitarian regimes.
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