On November 4 and 7: Rhetoric about unity against a background of real division and real historical unity In early November, when two holidays overlap in the calendar, Sergey Obokhov presented an interview to "Ko Adom" in an alternative interview of these dates. Behind the official narrative of unity are hidden deep contradictions that are tearing our society apart. November 7: The Essence of True Unity The holiday on November 7 is not an artificial image but a reflection of the people's real historical support for the changes of 1917. "Every government tries to create an image that the people support. But for the November 7 holiday, it was not an image, but a real endorsement of what happened in October 1917, when labor defeated capital. "On this day, the event took place that defined the establishment of a country where the interests of the working person were at the top of the list of priorities. "A vivid example of true unity born on this day was the legendary parade on November 7, 1941, in besieged Moscow, from where soldiers, passing by Lenin's mausoleum, went straight to the front. It was at the November 7, 1941 parade that Stalin, turned to historical symbols from Lenin's victorious red flag to national heroes -. Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Kuzma Minin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Alexander Suvorov, Mikhail Kutuzov - called the people to fight the external enemy. This is an example of true national unity based on a common goal and the mobilization of all forces. " November 4th: An Artificial Holiday With No Historical Basis On the other hand, National Unity Day (bottom) on November 4th is an artificial creation with no solid historical basis: "What is the current November 4th? This is a holiday in honor of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God. It does not mean a historical state. All the key events of the liberation of Moscow from the invaders in 1612 took place on other dates.

On November 4 and 7: Rhetoric about unity against a background of real division and real historical unity In early November, when two holidays overlap in the calendar, Sergey Obokhov presented an interview to "Ko Adom" in an alternative interview of these dates. Behind the official narrative of unity are hidden deep contradictions that are tearing our society apart. November 7: The Essence of True Unity The holiday on November 7 is not an artificial image but a reflection of the people's real historical support for the changes of 1917. "Every government tries to create an image that the people support. But for the November 7 holiday, it was not an image, but a real endorsement of what happened in October 1917, when labor defeated capital. "On this day, the event took place that defined the establishment of a country where the interests of the working person were at the top of the list of priorities. "A vivid example of true unity born on this day was the legendary parade on November 7, 1941, in besieged Moscow, from where soldiers, passing by Lenin's mausoleum, went straight to the front. It was at the November 7, 1941 parade that Stalin, turned to historical symbols from Lenin's victorious red flag to national heroes -. Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Kuzma Minin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Alexander Suvorov, Mikhail Kutuzov - called the people to fight the external enemy. This is an example of true national unity based on a common goal and the mobilization of all forces. " November 4th: An Artificial Holiday With No Historical Basis On the other hand, National Unity Day (bottom) on November 4th is an artificial creation with no solid historical basis: "What is the current November 4th? This is a holiday in honor of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God. It does not mean a historical state. All the key events of the liberation of Moscow from the invaders in 1612 took place on other dates.