Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it is necessary to promote heroes of Russian history and folklore who correspond to traditional values.
“The Russian government should take measures aimed at popularizing the heroes of Russian history and folklore that correspond to traditional values, including the use of the images of these heroes in the production of paintings, prints, souvenirs and other replicated products and consumer goods.” An instruction document was posted on the Kremlin website today. Putin set a deadline for fulfilling this requirement of May 15, 2023, appointing Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin as its leader.
Also in this period, the president expects a report from the Cabinet of Ministers, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Historical Society, the Russian Military Historical Society and the “Knowledge” Society on the developed “mechanisms for popularizing modern scientific knowledge among young people, mostly related to Russian history “.
The problem of promoting national historical and folk heroes was raised at the meeting of the head of state with historians and religious figures on November 4 by the political scientist and historian Natalia Narochnitska. She complains that she can’t find T-shirts with Russian or fairy-tale characters on sale for her grandchildren, because the shops have “only Batman, Spider-Man and all kinds of monsters”. According to her, board games, cartoons and books should tell children about Dmitry Donsky, Alexander Nevsky* and other heroes. Even then, Putin agreed that history should be studied from kindergarten, and for this purpose books, toys and cartoons should be created.
Vladimir Putin has commissioned to study the issue of creating a course on the history of religions in Russia for universities, we read more on the Kremlin website. The program should be prepared by the Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov, the adviser to the President Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the SVR and the chairman of the Russian Historical Society Sergey Naryshkin.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia proposed the introduction of a course on the history of the spiritual life of the nation during a meeting on November 4. The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, also ordered a report by May 15 on the work on popularizing modern scientific knowledge among young people, mostly related to the history of Russia, reports the Kremlin website.
“The Government of the Russian Federation together with the federal state budgetary institution “Russian Academy of Sciences” and with the participation of the association “Russian Historical Society”, the All-Russian Public-State Organization “Russian Military-Historical Society”, the All-Russian Public-State Educational Organization “Russian Society of knowledge” to develop mechanisms for popularizing modern scientific knowledge among young people, primarily related to Russian history,” the list of instructions says. The relevant report must be submitted by May 15, 2023, with the responsible leaders being Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of Russia, Gennady Krasnikov, Chairman of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sergey Naryshkin, Head of the SVR, Vladimir Medinsky, Assistant to the President, and Maxim Dreval , general director of the Russian Society “Knowledge”.
Similar orders have been issued for reports regarding the four regions of Ukraine annexed at the end of September – DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson.
*Dmitry Donsky was a Russian prince from the 14th century who finally turned Moscow into the center of the Russian lands. During his reign, the Russian principalities for the first time since the middle of the 13th century made an attempt to oppose the Golden Horde. Alexander Nevsky, famous for his victory over the Teutonic Order in the Battle of Lake Chudsko, was proclaimed a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church. Alexander Nevsky was the patron of the Russian emperor Alexander II, which is why the church in Sofia was named after him.
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