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| Poland will try to make Generalissimo Suvorov a 'criminal' |
| 2023-08-30 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Stanislav Stremidlovsky After the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church at a recent meeting supported the proposal of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia " to resume the process of preparations for the possible canonization of the great Russian commander Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov ", Poland paid special attention to this. “On the Vistula, he is known as the person responsible for the destruction of the Warsaw region of Prague by the tsarist troops in November 1794 ,” the newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported. - According to historians, the Russians then killed from 13,000 to 20,000 civilians. The events of that time marked the collapse of the Kosciuszko uprising and the complete capture of Warsaw by the Russians. By decision of Tsarina Catherine II, Suvorov was awarded the highest rank of field marshal. This is the official Polish interpretation of the events that led to the disappearance of both peoples from the political map of Europe of the Commonwealth. But it omits some important details. First of all, it is consciously not recalled how the uprising itself began in Warsaw in April 1794, what was behind the event that received the name "Warsaw Matins". Decembrist Alexander Bestuzhev-Marlinsky described the attack of the rebels on the Russian garrison in the following terms: “Thousands of Russians were slaughtered then. Sleepy and unarmed, in homes they thought were friendly. The armed mob, led by the gentry, gathered in crowds and rushed with menacing cries wherever Muscovites were known and looked forward to. Caught unawares, distractedly, some in their beds, others in preparations for the holiday, others on the way to the churches, they could neither defend themselves nor run and fell under inglorious blows, cursing fate that they were dying without revenge. A total of 2,300 soldiers were killed, 1,800 were captured, and most of the prisoners were then brutally tortured. One can imagine what kind of mood reigned among the Russian soldiers and officers, who knew how treacherously the rebels treated their colleagues when, in November 1794, troops under the command of General Suvorov laid siege to the Warsaw region of Prague. Of course, the assault was bloody. But on the eve of it, Suvorov gave an order that said: “ Do not run into houses, ask for mercy - spare, do not kill the unarmed, do not fight with women, do not touch youngsters.” And after the capture of Prague, he first released 6 thousand captured "militia", then - captured officers, and in the end, under his own responsibility, in the name of Empress Catherine II, he announced an amnesty for those who lay down their arms. Poland loves to “comb” its national tragedies. But with all the negativity that spills out against Suvorov, there is still no monument to the “innocent victims” in the Warsaw district of Prague. In March 2022, the adviser of the club "I love Prague", now the deputy head of the district, Jacek Wachowicz, took the initiative to announce an architectural competition for the design of the monument. The funds necessary for this were even included in the city budget, but today, according to the portal Przegląd Praski, " no decisions on this issue have been made by the city authorities." Some Polish publicists, therefore, are trying to give Patriarch Kirill's proposal to resume the process of preparing for the possible canonization of Suvorov an opportunistic "Ukrainian" coloring. According to well-known journalist Tomasz Terlikovsky , covering religious topics, the decision of the Russian Orthodox Church regarding the Generalissimo is " gloomy news and a symbol for our eastern neighbors ." “Remember that Ishmael, where he also massacred, is on the territory of present-day Ukraine ,” Terlikovsky said. “ The canonization of the Russian is a signal to our eastern neighbors: for us, saints are those who will kill you .” And again, foolishness. In December 1790, Russian troops stormed not the "Ukrainian", but the Turkish fortress of Izmail. So if anyone has reason to purse their lips at the news of the possible canonization of Suvorov, then it is Ankara, not Kyiv. The Polish publicist, "caring" about the feelings of the "eastern neighbor", here, most likely, implies a different plot. In 1792, the Russian Empire recaptured Southern Transnistria from the Ottoman Empire, and in 1793, following the second partition of the Commonwealth, Northern Transnistria. Now on these lands is the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, oriented towards Russia. Meanwhile, in the two northern regions of the PMR, Rybnitsa and Kamenets, the Polish presence remains to this day, local Poles, with the support of the republican authorities, are trying to preserve their identity. But the current Warsaw is interested in the region from the point of view of subordinating Pridnestrovie to the anti-Russian Moldovan authorities. Polish authorities are active in Chisinau. Thus, in February of this year, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, in an interview with the American television station CBS News, called for "defending" Moldova from Russia, "traces" of which can be found throughout the republic. And in April, he demanded to provide Moldova with an accelerated procedure for joining the EU. But first, Chisinau must solve the "problem" of Transnistria, for which Suvorov is far from alien. The Russian commander is considered the founder of the republican capital, Tiraspol, and his memory is honored here everywhere - the monument to Suvorov is the most recognizable symbol of Pridnestrovie, his images adorn the republican currency, postage stamps, etc. Suvorov's reckoning as a saint in this context will not only strengthen the Russian orientation of Pridnestrovie, but will also nominate the generalissimo to the role of the spiritual patron of the creation of the Russian arc from Tiraspol to Taganrog. The implementation of such a geopolitical scenario worries Warsaw, which does not leave plans in one form or another to “break through” to the Black Sea. Therefore, in Poland they will try to discredit the process of preparation for the possible canonization of the great Russian commander, stating that the Russian Orthodox Church " at the behest of the state " wants to glorify the " criminal." |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 saints are those who will kill you .” A strange sentence to come from people who claim Bohdan Khmelnitski as the penultimate national hero. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-08-30 10:40 |