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I like the international flavor of Apolyton. It is a great place for cultural exchanges. Too bad that we often are exchanging the worst of our respective cultures though.
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Workers of the World, unite!
The Internationale
Arise ye workers [starvelings] from your slumbers
Arise ye prisoners of want
For reason in revolt now thunders
And at last ends the age of cant.
Away with all your superstitions
Servile masses arise, arise
We'll change henceforth [forthwith] the old tradition [conditions]
And spurn the dust to win the prize.
So comrades, come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race.
So comrades, come rally
And the last fight let us face
The Internationale unites the human race.
No more deluded by reaction
On tyrants only we'll make war
The soldiers too will take strike action
They'll break ranks and fight no more
And if those cannibals keep trying
To sacrifice us to their pride
They soon shall hear the bullets flying
We'll shoot the generals on our own side.
No saviour from on high delivers
No faith have we in prince or peer
Our own right hand the chains must shiver
Chains of hatred, greed and fear
E'er the thieves will out with their booty [give up their booty]
And give to all a happier lot.
Each [those] at the forge must do their duty
And we'll strike while the iron is hot.
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muxec
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Mingapulco
Jul 2002
time: 07:26
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Now i'm trying to explain you part of my understanding of Soviet-Russian culture. Tassadar and Solver will stop me if i say wrong.
The curent situation in Russia and Russian culture is formed by strict censorship and destroing culture and everybody who try to write something against the govt. Tragic lives of Mandelshtam and Ahmatova, expeled Solzhenitxin are the examples of cultural politics of soviet regime. Now thr Russian culture started to grow again, but very slowly. Somebody say, that it's because hungry people do not want any culture, others say that it's because the base of Russian culture was destroed by soviet regime. I think, that the major cause is hard economic conditions.
But the Soviet culture has positive side. Sovient Cheburashka is one of the best cartoons worldwide, imo. Kir Bulychov is one of the best science fiction writers.
From the ages one of the must important philosofic question of Russian culture is "what can small man change?". Lermontov's Pechorin asks himself and argue with co-servers about ability to change the life, or at least lifetime in "Fatalist". All the history of Raskolnikov is the question "am i one ofe these who can not change anything?". Bulgakov's doctors creates the new human to change. This question is very popular in modern Russian literature, for example in Kivinow's books.
Tassadar, Solver please continue this, explain your opinion, try to find difference with others.
All others, please write here about your culture, your moral, your heroes.
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quote:
Originally posted by muxec
The curent situation in Russia and Russian culture is formed by strict censorship and destroing culture and everybody who try to write something against the govt. Tragic lives of Mandelshtam and Ahmatova, expeled Solzhenitxin are the examples of cultural politics of soviet regime. Now thr Russian culture started to grow again, but very slowly. Somebody say, that it's because hungry people do not want any culture, others say that it's because the base of Russian culture was destroed by soviet regime. I think, that the major cause is hard economic conditions.
But the Soviet culture has positive side. Sovient Cheburashka is one of the best cartoons worldwide, imo. Kir Bulychov is one of the best science fiction writers. |
Let me disagree with you on some points, muxec.
First and foremost, I don't agree with you in the premise of equating current Russian culture, and Soviet culture. Yes, Solzhenitsin and Ahmatova are great examples of the ingorance and utter blindness of the soviet russian censorship. (Willfull blindness that is.) But it is not the case currently! True, with Putin coming to power, many of the censorship tendencies have returned - what with the outright oppression of NTV and TV6? Yet, if you remember, Solzhenitsin visited russia a number of times, and in general, the press is much more free.
Thus, IMO, Russian culture has changed a great deal since the disintegration of the CCCP (pardon me for using the russian abbreviation - that is, the USSR).
Now if we look at the culture of Russia in a much more broad scale. When I first came to America, I was very surprised at how similar our cultures actually are. (Granted, I am from Moscow, so I haven't experienced the less fortunate parts of the country.) And here is what I attribute this to: the two countries have many things in common. The US nowadays is a center of immigration, with a very diverse population. It is the place, where the ideas, ideals, and points of view of different peoples of the world merge together to create a sort of unique blend of cultures.
Russia was very similar in that sense historically. Being on the border of Europe and Asia, it has essentially been a sort of tug-of-war between the two very distinct cultures and Russia has swayed one way or the other during the course of history. Consider the eastern influence on Russia during its submission to the Golden Horde (I am not sure that's the proper english term, but what I mean is the Çîëîòàÿ Îðäà). Or, on the contrary, the western influence during the reign of Peter I. It is thus, that during the course of history, Russia has also become a sort of blend of cultures and influences.
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19-03-2003 15:49
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It is nice for the beginning. Now can you explain your moral valuables and emotional brighteness of your culture. It's rumored that:
Strange that I got several invitations to go boating over the next few days. 
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