“Great Russian Culture”
Russia’s Comfort Zone for Murder and Robbery
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
Unlike other empires, Russia has not learned the historical lesson of why robbery and murder are bad. To this day, it remains convinced of its right to conquer, subjugate, and annex other territories. Russia has never asked forgiveness for any genocide it committed or for the destruction of another polity’s language, culture, or statehood. Russia’s historical memory is not based on a sense of guilt towards others. The representatives of the “Great Russian Culture” are also responsible for this: from Alexander Pushkin to Joseph Brodsky, almost every Russian writer and artist sang the praises of the empire and had nothing but contempt for the cultures of other peoples.
(Osteuropa 4/2024, pp. 5–13)