... Station is to be found in London. It would have been surprising if Victory Column (nicknamed Goldelse by Berliners) had been erected in Paris, Vienna, or Copenhagen rather than Berlin. The Great Victory of 1945 is a valid reason to be proud for any Russian who has not lost their historical memory and their sense of national identity. Whatever happened next, this remains our celebration, our triumph, and our truth!
Why is it, then, that each time I remember June 22, I get goosebumps as my hands involuntarily clench into fists ...
... shouldn’t just keep this in mind and then tempt fate by repeating the same “experiments”.
So We Don’t Forget…
Given the will and a realization of a common threat, enemies can come together to achieve a common goal. And Russia is not an enemy of the United States or the European Union, despite what some Russophobes would at times have us believe.
Historical memory is not inherited. So we can’t let people forget; we need to teach them, introduce new generations to the past in one way or another. In Ukraine, vandals are demolishing statues to Soviet military commanders. But shameful things ...
