Russia’s Culture Ministry invested 30 million rubles into a new film based on the men, called “Panfilov’s 28.” Universal Pictures
Moscow Times: To Be Great Again, Russia Resurrects Soviet Legends
Russia Finds New Saints in Soviet Myths
The Oxford dictionary last month named “post-truth” its “word of 2016,” indicating that the Western world is only just beginning to grapple with the practice. In Russia, the merging of truth and convenience, an activity long perfected. registered new lows last month, with the Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky denouncing any expert who dared challenge the veracity of popular Soviet legends concerning World War II
Medinsky put forward his version of history during a speech commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow, a famous battle that saw the Soviets fight off a German invasion in 1941-42. Soviet authorities made huge propagandistic use out of the Red Army’s successful defence of the capital. Medinsky mentioned two of the most heroic stories the tales of a Soviet partisan named Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, and a Spartan-like group of 28 warriors “Panfilov’s 28.
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WNU Editor: I was taught about the legend of Panfilov’s 28 in grade school .... and I am not surprised that the truth is different from the myth. But I am OK with that .... we all need greater than life heroes to look up to.
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Movies about soviets heroes are not popular among EU eastern countries .Is like Germany is making a series about Sven Hassel.
"...we all need greater than life heroes to luck up to." I think there is a great deal of truth to this." In a world where the demonization of America bears little difference than the demonization against the Jews by Nazi Germany and where Americans are denied basic rights by world bodies that most other people take for granted, Americans, in many cases, are also clamoring for larger than life heroes as well.
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