Potemkin villages, Stolypin's tie, Muravyev-hangman, Przewalski's horse... The intention to write a doctoral dissertation on the personalization of history. A story for children about Seryozha
Аннотация: MMMCCCIV. Potemkin villages, Stolypin's tie, Muravyev-hangman, Przewalski's horse... The intention to write a doctoral dissertation on the personalization of history. A story for children about Seryozha. - June 21, 2023.
Potemkin villages, Stolypin's tie, Muravyev-hangman, Przewalski's horse... The intention to write a doctoral dissertation on the personalization of history. A story for children about Seryozha.
For a number of reasons, the theme of Grigory Potemkin and his accomplishments has now come to the fore.
Pupils have to discuss the "Potemkin villages". [Allegedly Potemkin erected phony portable settlements in order to impress the Russian Empress (during her journey to Crimea in 1787) and foreign guests. The structures would be disassembled after she passed, and re-assembled farther along her route to be seen again.]
Seryozha intends to participate in a meeting of the Historical Society. It would be nice for Seryozha to declare himself.
He reflects on the "Potemkin villages".
As you know, Grigory Potemkin developed large territories and resettled significant masses of the population from Central Russia to the areas entrusted to him.
And Stolypin? He also dealt with the resettlement of peasants from Central Russia to Siberia and the Far East.
Stolypin was awarded the "Stolypin tie". [In a Duma session on 17 November 1907, Kadet party member Fedor Rodichev referred to the gallows as "Stolypin's efficient black Monday necktie". Outraged, Stolypin challenged Rodichev to a duel, but Rodichev apologized to avert it. Nevertheless, the expression 'Stolypin's tie' became well-known and popular among different segments of the population and in different times.]
Between Potemkin and Stolypin was also Muravyov-Amursky.
Muravyov-Amursky himself did not receive any historical commonly used phrases, but, by a strange coincidence, a history recorded the stable phrase "Muravyev-hangman" (although these words referred to another Muravyov). Most of people do not have a sufficient level of knowledge to distinguish between two Muravyovs. And so the "Muravyev-hangman" remained in the history. [Count Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (1809 - 1881). Count Mikhail Nikolayevich Muravyov (1796 - 1866), he became known as " Muravyev-hangman ".]
Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839 - 1888) - he did not resettle anyone, but he traveled a lot (and explored) in remote, distant lands. He received the 'Przewalski's Horse'. It was (by origin) not a name of people's (folk) origin, but people sometimes liked to recall with irony the 'Przhevalsky horse'. [Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii or Equus przewalskii), also called the takhi, Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered horse originally native to the steppes of Central Asia.]
The creation of songs (music) is also interesting thing.
Nicholas II tried to develop territories in the East, to build a railway to the warm eastern seas. International troubles began. A mournful, sad waltz 'On the hills of Manchuria' arose ('All Rus' is crying, like one person ...'). [Вальс "На сопках Маньчжурии". "Плачет вся Русь, как один человек..." (Вариант 1906 года Степана Петрова (Скитальца) (первый)).]
But there is also a charming, widely known, even popular song "Glorious Sea, Sacred Baikal ...". It sings about a hobo who returns from Siberia to Central Russia. ('I came to life, feeling the will ...') [Славное море - священный Байкал. Русский романс. Первая публикация песни появилась в 'Современнике' в ? 11 за 1863 год. 'Ожил я, волю почуя.']
(This is one of the relatively rare works of Russian culture, which glorifies the lightness, the joy of life, the pleasure derived from life. "I'm (with pleasure,) with cheerfulness on a pine log was swimming across deep rivers ... ").
If we move away from the geopolitical movement and move on to space exploration, then we can recognize that a stable combination 'a space incomes' has not arisen among the people. But the word-combination 'space spending' is widely used. [i.e. huge expenses]
Who created the libraries, the education system, the planning system, the new science, advanced for that time? About Nadezhda Krupskaya (1869 - 1939), about Gleb Krzhizhanovsky (1872-1959), there are no widespread phrases left.
Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893 - 1937), a person of high position who supported Sergei Korolev (1907-1966) at the start of the development of rocket technology, - was sent in a certain direction. And the monument to Dzerzhinsky on the lasso (uurga) was dragged off somewhere.
But, nevertheless, since the time of the economic revolution, something popular has remained: 'The subway is cunningly arranged.' (''ХитрО устроено метрО'').
Who arranged it, who invented subway, is not mentioned.
Seryozha knows that it would be useful for the chairman of the Public Council of the Pool, who began to climb in the career elevator, to have a degree.
Seryozha took the folder, put his notes on the topic into it, and wrote on the folder: 'The Doctoral dissertation in history. Personalization of history in people's (folk) assessments. Applicant (author): schoolboy Seryozha."
June 21, 2023 06:10
Translation from Russian into English: June 21, 2023 16:57
Владимир Владимирович Залесский ' Потёмкинские деревни, Столыпинский галстук, Муравьев-вешатель, лошадь Пржевальского... Намерение написать докторскую диссертацию по персонализации истории. Рассказ для детей о Серёже. '.
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MMMCCCIV. Potemkin villages, Stolypin's tie, Muravyev-hangman, Przewalski's horse... The intention to write a doctoral dissertation on the personalization of history. A story for children about Seryozha. - June 21, 2023.
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