The history textbook tells high school students that Russia’s cause is just.
The syllabus, updated to reflect what has happened since Moscow sent its military on the offensive, tells students that Russia’s cause is just and that there will be victory against the “united West”.While it does not contain references, the new resource has many conclusions about how this conflict is going to end.concerns that young Russians are being offered propaganda
Teacher Tatiana Chervenko, for instance, had tried to distinguish between what she felt was militarism from patriotism in her classes.“One can make wonderful projects to improve the world around . That would be a great application and experience of real patriotism.” “I changed the materials,” she said. “If the topic was ‘the Heroes of Russia’, where only military heroes were introduced, for instance, of the Chechen war... I replaced them with peaceful heroes – those who were surgeons, rescue workers.”RUSSIA’S VERSION OF HISTORY
“The state understands history as them telling you how it all happened, and they only want to have one version of history,” said Dr Kurilla, professor of history and international relations at the European University at St Petersburg.
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