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| How blogger Varlamov 'burned' the abbot of the Solovetsky Monastery |
| 2023-03-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Commentary by Aleksandr Stepanov [ColonelCassad] I see in the news feed about another scandal with the famous Russian blogger Ilya Varlamov. Well, what can I say? Two years ago, this figure shot a "wonderful" film about Karelia. I wrote about it then, but I will repeat it again. Varlamov's press tour for the PR of the republic was organized by the local authorities themselves. It invited well-known bloggers throughout the country. Not for free. The Kaleva Tour company, which became the organizer of the event, held it for 4.8 million rubles. For money, the blogger had to place several materials about Karelia on his Internet sites, including a film on YouTube. This video already has one and a half million views... And in this film, the top Russian blogger Varlamov, at the 28th minute, spoke about the Solovetsky Islands, which are actually not part of Karelia: “In 1920, the Red Army soldiers liquidated the monastery, and their abbot was burned alive ...” AAH! Bloody Bolsheviks! Ghouls! We won't forget, we won't forgive! After all, the top blogger was counting on such a reaction? However, I would like to inform not so much Mr. Varlamov (there is a suspicion that he deliberately misled his viewers), but rather the consumers of his information: year was amnestied. As a result, with another hieromonk, he settled in a cell in a dense forest on the banks of the Volkozero, this is the current Arkhangelsk region... He had no problems with the authorities. On the evening of April 17, 1928, these two monks were killed in their cell by local residents Yarygin and Ivanov for the purpose of robbery. To hide the traces of the crime, the robbers took the property and burned the hut. Yarygin and Ivanov were soon arrested. At the trial, Ivanov, who was a member of the Komsomol, tried to justify the atrocity by the “counter-revolutionary” nature of the monks. But the Soviet court sentenced Ivanov and Yarygin to 10 and 8 years in prison. As proof, a link to an Orthodox website. Link is in Russian language. That is, the true story of the death of the last Solovki abbot turns out to be diametrically opposed to the one described by the top metropolitan blogger! Moreover, he misled a huge number of people, and even for good budget money.. How can one not recall a phrase from the classics: Congratulations, citizen of a lie! By the way, after the release of the film, our Karelian media gave a link to my then post and Varlamov after some time cut out the phrase about the burned rector from the film. The truth seems to have prevailed. However, there is simply no strength to refute all the nonsense that all sorts of top bloggers constantly talk about our history. I hope this example is indicative, if only for the next time not to pay attention to the scandalous revelations of Mr. Varlamov. Or independently double-check such information on the Internet ... (c) A. Stepanov The video. It is in Russian and untranslatable. |
| Posted by:badanov |