Did you know that Repin and Kramskoi (Kramsky, russians modified his last name) were Ukrainians, not russians. That is just a drop in the ocean.
russia might have stolen more historical and cultural treasures than Great Britain. Yet, I don't see any jokes about Tretyakov Gallery, unlike jokes about British Museum.
#russia #history
If you take away all the stolen geniuses from "russian culture", like peeling off the layers from an onion, I bet you will be left with rather small and underdeveloped heritage.
#russia
@rakshy I don't understand the (willful?) blindness to flagrant #RussianColonialism myself, both historically and ongoing. Maybe because of guilt for not having helped the oppressed people enough? Idk but it can't be just apathy. Maybe it's a successful misdirect.
@peeppeepcircus
I vote for misdirect. and the key thing here is: money. lot's of money pumped in by russians. I'll give it to them - they know how important culture is, and they did everything possible to make the world believe that these they stole are actually belong to them.
sometimes that got so ridiculous that I lmao: they tried to claim that Shevchenko is also theirs. but, most of his work is focused on hating russians, in all forms possible. 🤦
that "octopus-like embrace" is a good way to describe it. an embrace including oppression, genocide, violence, etc.
it's as if all the hateful Soviet propaganda attacking the west for decades was actually a self-portrait.
Yes. A slow-moving horror show, bringing as much misery to bear as possible. Rank, grotesque brutality in which many Russians seem to revel.
Slava Ukraini
@rakshy @peeppeepcircus
Well…in actuality they claim anything they want, or admire, was/is actually Russian to begin with — therefore, an easy target for their octopus-like embrace. Disgusting.