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All history textbooks will be checked in Russia after Putin's criticism
2021-04-26
Direct translation of the korrespondent.net article
The Russian Ministry of Education will analyze all school history textbooks, Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov said on the Russia 1 TV channel, Meduza writes.

"We will now conduct a complete analysis of all textbooks," said Kravtsov.

On April 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his address to the Federal Assembly, said that in some school textbooks he was surprised to find "that there seems to be nothing written about us."

As an example, he cited a textbook that did not mention the Battle of Stalingrad. "Who writes, who misses such textbooks? It's amazing!" Putin said.

In March, it became known that the Ministry of Education had approved a series of textbooks on Russian and general history edited by Vladimir Medinsky, aide to the President of the Russian Federation, chairman of the Russian Military History Society, who had been criticized earlier for the quality of his doctoral dissertation in history.

Let us remind you that Putin decided to make the first days of May a weekend in Russia.
Posted by:badanov

#3  I think "some people did some things" covers history pretty adequately.
Posted by: Matt   2021-04-26 12:57  

#2  I suppose with the past still changing as often as it does it's better not to take a position on any of it until the Tsar makes up his mind.
Posted by: Cesare   2021-04-26 08:31  

#1  What about white privilege? And ethnic math?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-04-26 02:07  

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