"Russian History Viewed through Distorted Mirrors"

"As any Russian I always has been interested in the history of my country. In my childhood I red a lot of historical novels, books on history of both Russia and other countries of the world. As I went on gaining and analyzing historical information available, my heart and mind began to fill with bewilderment and indignation. Every nation on Earth, independently their real role in the destiny of the world, wrote their own Great History using for this purpose both real events, folk legends and some times purely fictitious events. There would be nothing unusual in it but except for just one snag … everything applied to the history of Russia was filled with uncovered hatred of those who wrote its history. According to their opinion the Slavs lived in earthen pits up to the 9th century and were such primitive that even did not have their own state system and had to invite Varangians to govern. Also they lived in horrified ignorance until in the 10th century two saints, Cyril and Mefodiy, created the Slavonic written language on the basis of the Greek language shedding thus the "light of knowledge" on the obtuse Slavs. Also Mongols had kept Russian people in slavery for three hundred years and only when Peter the Great cut through a "window" to Europe and transformed Russia in accordance with European standards, Russia became the Great Empire, etc. Any well-educated person understands perfectly that history is written according to the orders of those in power and is rewritten following their requirements and desire. Therefore, it would be appropriate to ask who were these "historians" and why were they reluctant to create for Russian rulers something similar to that, what had been created for Jewish, Chinese, Greek, Roman and other nations and empires?.." The book contains 42 high-quality author's illustration.

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