Memorial Day
Olga Marchenko (olyam who-is-at rtsnet.ru)
Fri, 29 May 1998 14:36:58 +0400
Scrolling the messages about Memorial day I could not find to what war it is
devoted. If you know here, in Russia, we celebrate Great
Victory Day as the brightest national holiday. There are sone mythes around,
but all the population of different nations were involved in the war to stop
fashist expansion and the myth of nations solidarity had been living till
perestroika. After Chachnya's war we all realized that any war means only
death, no matter to whom. Seems at this level it is the question not only of
political or nation identification, but deeply personal. All the war events
are re-lighted here as a struggle between death and being and victory of
life. We celebrate the end of war. Sorry for pathetic words (it is our
national specialty, I think).
In this case Russian people always congratulate each other. And here it' s
really great holiday.
Yours -
Olga Marchenko
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