I’m in a hurry to share with you the news that could stay easily have left without your attention. Why do you need this? Just to see how in one case you can blame three or even four sides right away. So, in Zolochiv, that’s in the Lviv region, someone or something has destroyed the monument to the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. Whom to blame and what for– in reactions from DUMKA.
A short story about the most different perceptions of events and their interpretation we’ll begin with post that was published by the mayor Ihor Grinkiv. According to him, there is no politics involved here. Taking into account that there are no radical activists in the city, the mayor has become even more frustrated. The icing on this cake of unclear justifications – the city mayor’s forecast of inevitable use of this situation by the Russian media. These ambitions should be applauded.
Someone just said “pro-Russian forces”? Look whom we got here. Mr. Mykola Azarov himself. The same Yanukovych guy you know. And what’s he saying? He is saying that “Bandera disciples got the classics of Russian literature” Yep. In total, we have two suspects: vandals and Bandera disciples. Or is it possible to combine them?
It seems to be simple: Bandera disciples from Lviv turned into vandals and damaged the poor Pushkin. He even forgot the last lines of his poems and of grief fell down. But nope. On the website of the national police, in the plain text, following is reported: Most likely, damage occurred due to natural causes. Wow. Natural forces are also added to our detective triangle now. Poor mayor, what should he say to people now?
However, this news was not only commented by those who had a specific suspect. Here, for example, journalist Oleksandr Kyrylenko is saying that “After Lenin will be Pushkin”. But, I thought that after Lenin there still was Rykov somewhere around…
However, here we have political scientist and journalist Kyrylo Sazonov. He decided to refrain from assessments but stressed that it would be better to put a monument to Ukrainian writers – Serhiy Zhadan or Andriy Kokotyuha, or to put it in honor of those who died for Ukraine in the last century or yesterday. And Pushkin… let him hug Stalin in Russia. That’s why I think that while the trains are still going, someone needs to use the moment and them.
Briefly and funny on the whole story with Pushkin – in facebook folklore. And as usual, I cite the favorite moment: “What can’t be done by nationalists together than in this case will help their Galician weather”. Classics, nothing odd.
Or even a shorter version that was posted by blogger Mykola Voskalo.
Reactions were collected and Ukrainian literature was read by Stepan the Goat
