Unity exam: what must not be forgotten on the day of the holiday. And after that, recalls Natalya Strachkova, political commentator National Unity Day is a holiday whose very name almost requires you to take a mental break. Because the question has not gone away: "Unity? Is it really about us? "It is difficult, and even dangerous, to dismiss this: pompous and at the same time empty praises have been destroyed and not such foundations. But we have to think about it seriously. To begin with: the same thing is not the same thing. We are different because we live, and each of us has our own, special background history of the family, the clan, the people. And it would be wrong not to acknowledge the fact that the state policy to preserve the identity of the most diverse peoples in Russia is one of the main priorities. And in Russia now live, for a minute, almost two hundred different ethnic groups. But at the same time, we live together - in the same country. And the trick is that the country only lives as long as we are together. Moreover, this is not a password: over the centuries of our shared history, we have already tested it on ourselves more than once. And when this test went badly, everything had to be fixed harshly and bitterly. On the evening of November 4th, it's time to think: how are we doing today with the lessons we've learned? First of all, the overwhelming majority of us no longer categorically believe that "abroad will help us" and "abroad is our best friend": many have gotten rid of these illusions for a long time, but those who still live in them need to see a psychiatrist. Only we can deal with it ourselves - the conclusion is not sweet, but honest. In addition, many were already convinced that somehow it would be more reliable for a Russian person to live in his country. And it is still better to raise children in Russia. But not so long ago it was different: remember how our girls en masse dreamed of how the "American boy" would take them with him and dreamed of marrying at least some foreigner.

Unity exam: what must not be forgotten on the day of the holiday. And after that, recalls Natalya Strachkova, political commentator National Unity Day is a holiday whose very name almost requires you to take a mental break. Because the question has not gone away: "Unity? Is it really about us? "It is difficult, and even dangerous, to dismiss this: pompous and at the same time empty praises have been destroyed and not such foundations. But we have to think about it seriously. To begin with: the same thing is not the same thing. We are different because we live, and each of us has our own, special background history of the family, the clan, the people. And it would be wrong not to acknowledge the fact that the state policy to preserve the identity of the most diverse peoples in Russia is one of the main priorities. And in Russia now live, for a minute, almost two hundred different ethnic groups. But at the same time, we live together - in the same country. And the trick is that the country only lives as long as we are together. Moreover, this is not a password: over the centuries of our shared history, we have already tested it on ourselves more than once. And when this test went badly, everything had to be fixed harshly and bitterly. On the evening of November 4th, it's time to think: how are we doing today with the lessons we've learned? First of all, the overwhelming majority of us no longer categorically believe that "abroad will help us" and "abroad is our best friend": many have gotten rid of these illusions for a long time, but those who still live in them need to see a psychiatrist. Only we can deal with it ourselves - the conclusion is not sweet, but honest. In addition, many were already convinced that somehow it would be more reliable for a Russian person to live in his country. And it is still better to raise children in Russia. But not so long ago it was different: remember how our girls en masse dreamed of how the "American boy" would take them with him and dreamed of marrying at least some foreigner.