2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21
There are very ambiguous dates in the history of the Russian state. Such, for example, is the fourth of November. Today it is the Day of the Unity of Russia. This date has deep historical roots, filled with non-trivial meaning. Only how many people understand it, understand what is worth talking about, what should be put into the heads of the younger generation? Let's find out.
History: defining the problem
Russia has been regularly attacked by its neighbors. This happened, as a rule, when the state fell into decay for one reason or another. Those events that led to the appearance of the described holiday were preceded by the Time of Troubles. The fact is that after the death of Ivan the Terrible (1584) until the accession of the first Romanov (1613), there was a deep crisis in the country. The Rurik dynasty died, there was no other recognized leader. Impostors and adventurers of various stripes began to appear. Everyone wanted to reign, but no one was able to unite the elite. The Poles took advantage of this. Their idea was simple: they would put a Catholic prince on the throne as a puppet and, in modern terms,"cut dividends". You ask: "And what does the Day of Unity of Russia have to do with it?" Yes, the problem was that the Poles found "allies" in the Russian elites. We can say that they were the prototype of the modern fifth column.
History: the situation escalates
The rules in those days in Moscow were the so-called Seven Boyars. It was led by the notorious Prince Fyodor Mstislavsky. Only this "clique" did not receive support among the people. Therefore, they needed third-party support to pacify their subjects, the final usurpation of power. These people let Polish troops into the Kremlin. Then the event occurred that is now the ideological basis of the holiday. Kozma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky managed to raise the people and lead them against the traitors. On November 4, 1612, the militia took Kitai-Gorod. The invader was expelled. The army, by the way, consisted of different people. There were Cossacks, and peasants, and servicemen, and archers. It was gigantic at that time - more than fifteen thousand people. That is why the Day of the Unity of Russia is November 4! In memory of the fact that society has the ability for self-organization, self-mobilization in difficult times.
Ideology
The essence of the historical event is that representatives of various social classes fought together against the adversary. Everyone was in the same conditions, so to speak, on the same level. The leaders of the movement were elected by the people. Their authority was indisputable. Many patriots of Russia moneyhanded over to militia equipment. The society has become whole, all barriers and disagreements have evaporated under the influence of the threat. The Day of the Unity of Russia means that people value and respect their state, are ready to defend it from destruction in a monolithic manner, in a single impulse. If the country is under the threat of complete annihilation, then the inner spirit unites everyone without regard to past disagreements and contradictions. This is what the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Russia is.
Date for internal and external use
The Day of the Unity of Russia was approved several times in different political eras. Some rulers preferred to forget about him. But in general, such a holiday was necessary. Its main idea is to remind both the peoples of the country and potential aggressors that there is a special feature in the local society that will not allow anyone to conquer it, take possession of its lands and we alth. It should be noted that the Day of the Unity of Russia was welcomed by those rulers, representatives of power circles and ordinary citizens who loved their homeland. By one attitude to the date, one can understand who is the enemy and who is the devoted friend of the Russian state (under any political system). You can criticize and argue, swear and fight opponents within the country, only as long as it itself is not threatened with destruction, as long as it exists calmly in this world. As soon as a powerful enemy of the state appears on the horizon, feuds are forgotten (postponed), the people are soldered into a single organism. Some call it the Russian miracle. Maybe that's the way it is.
How they celebrateToday is the Day of Unity of Russia - November 4?
In today's conditions of "tough globalization", when corporations and powers are waging an irreconcilable war for resources, it would be useful to remind everyone what aggression against Russia turned out to be in the past. Yes, and it is necessary to refresh the memory of its inhabitants so that they do not forget about their heroic roots. The fourth of November is a public holiday. This day is a day off. So, most likely, it is more intelligible for the people. The date is widely celebrated, so far only at the official level. For people, mass events and festivities are arranged. Schoolchildren are told about the date, class hours are spent. Only a person who is rooting for the Motherland will have peace of mind when the fourth of November becomes the same holiday as the ninth of May or the New Year. So that everyone realizes with their souls that in moments of danger the Russian people rallied, and did not scatter to corners and "foreign countries", that they did not spare their lives for the country, not listening to traitors or other alarmists.
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