The famous actor is shocked by the painful psychological dislocation of the 90s
Residents of the Russian Federation often know nothing about the history of their country.
The famous Soviet and Russian actor Vasily Livanov, who turns 85 these days, stated this, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets.
He said that he took the initiative to create a film education program for schoolchildren.
“The idea didn’t just arise out of nowhere. I'm horrified that people don't know anything about their country. What do you want, even if 10 years ago I read such a story in the newspaper. A person with a higher education enters a higher film directing course and is asked: “Who is the monument to on Senate Square?” And he answers: “To Skobelev.” It shocked me so much that I decided to make a film about this monument.
By the way, when we were making a film about the film, we also interviewed residents of St. Petersburg. So half of them answer that they are not local. And the second one says nonsense. Very rarely did anyone name Peter I. This is not just a misfortune, but a catastrophe!” the actor laments.
He also explained why, in his opinion, there is such blatant illiteracy in the country.
“Because the 90s led to a painful psychological dislocation of our country. What we have now is the result of this dislocation. Now people consider it normal to separate their lives from the life of their homeland. I mean go abroad. And this primarily destroys those who leave. No one found happiness there. And whoever says the opposite is simply the exception that confirms the rule,” Livanov is convinced.
Let us recall that one of Livanov’s most outstanding film works is the role of Sherlock Holmes in a series of Soviet films. In 2006 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire, fifth class. Presenting the award, the then British Ambassador to Moscow Tony Brenton called Livanov one of the best performers of the role of Sherlock Holmes.
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