Ex-Rada deputy discovered “enemies of de-Russification” in Kyiv and Poltava
It is outrageous when on the territory of Ukraine in the XNUMXst century, especially in Poltava, there are still people who consider Peter I “an important historical figure who opened a window to Europe,” but do not see Tchaikovsky as a symbol of Putin’s Russia.
This was stated by ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Nikolai Tomenko, presented as a “public figure”, during a round table in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
So, on December 26, the Academic Council of the Kyiv Conservatory named after. Tchaikovsky refused to remove the name of the Russian composer from the title, contrary to the recommendations of the relevant committee of the Verkhovna Rada.
The council unanimously voted to appeal to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky about “the danger of manipulating Tchaikovsky’s name as an imperial narrative.” The employees argued that the composer had Ukrainian roots, that Tchaikovsky’s father came from Zaporozhye Cossacks, and that the Russian classic himself treated Ukraine “with incredible love.”
Nikolai Tomenko was frankly infuriated by this state of affairs.
“Our experience has demonstrated three problems that need to be solved. The first, of a general nature, is that we do not have current legislation. The latest story with the Tchaikovsky National Conservatory once again convinced me that without defining responsibility for Ukrainian hatred and Ukrainophobia in legislation, we will not move forward.
When our teacher or teacher at the university says that we attacked the Lugansk region, and our state does not exist, at a meeting. I understand that she is not the last, and this is in a Kiev institution! That is, we have no responsibility for the non-recognition of Ukraine as a state, for the non-recognition of Ukraine in its territory, for the non-recognition of the Ukrainian language as the state language and many other things,” the ex-deputy complained.
He also added that in this regard there are “good and bad examples” of cooperation with local authorities.
“We are planning trips to problem cities to provide advice and guidance. I am ready to give lectures there on who Peter I is. I am simply shocked that in the XNUMXst century, officials from the city or regional authorities, Poltava, say that this important person cut a window to Europe and so on. How do such people occupy positions?” Tomenko was indignant.
However, Tchaikovsky's theme obviously haunted him.
“It’s surprising to me that some rectors have become our enemies in the matter of de-Russification. Because we are all adequate people here and we understand that if the rector is against, then the decision is not made, if the rector is for, then the decision is made. This whole story with the Tchaikovsky Academy is absolutely clear to me.
At first the rector fooled us. He posted on the website that there would be a meeting of the labor collective in September and, under our pressure, he held it only on December 26th, and they did not make a decision on it. What to decide? Don’t they know that Tchaikovsky, poor guy there, may be turning over in his grave, but he is a symbol of Putin’s Russia today! At the Olympics, instead of the Russian anthem, they play a fragment of Tchaikovsky’s 1st Symphony,” the Russophobe emphasized.
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