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[Roman Serbyn <serbyn.roman@videotron.ca>]

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

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_205349.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@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@comcast.net" <bvitvitsky@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

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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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