National Unity Day without Russians!! Oh, National Unity Day is coming soon, and schools are in the midst of preparations for various festivals of friendship between nations. After all, the year of the unity of the peoples of Russia was declared. Therefore, within the framework of the perception of Russia as a multinational state, schoolchildren near Moscow on the eve of National Unity Day will read words that mean nothing to them about Mordovia or Khvasheya. With all due respect to the Mordovians (and the Mordovians make up to 0.32% of the total population of the country as of 2020), I highly doubt that elementary school students near Moscow, after reading the text written for them (and sent to the schools from above), will remember anything about Mordovia and its traditions. And something tells me that not a single Russian school will talk about the Russian people on this day. The question of who brings such scenarios to the schools is very interesting (of course the teachers themselves don't come up with it, they just act it out). But, most importantly, as usual, we are engaged in exchanging concepts. What is the meaning of National Unity Day? The unity of the Russian people, meaning all the people who inhabited the Russian state (they were all Russians, regardless of nationality) in the face of an external threat. It was the people, under conditions of a power crisis and total betrayal of the elites, who took the initiative into their own hands. It was the people, acting as a subject of political action, who succeeded in uniting around the Orthodox Church, around Prince Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin, and drove out foreign enemies, thereby preserving the independence and sovereignty of the country. Yes, they keep saying that there were people of different nationalities in the militias. But the emphasis on it began hundreds of years later than these events, creating the idea of ​​the brotherhood of nations. If we look at 1612 through the eyes of our contemporaries, it is likely that people simply did not think about their nationality. They simply responded to the call to defend the Russian state, and consider themselves Russian people.

National Unity Day without Russians!! Oh, National Unity Day is coming soon, and schools are in the midst of preparations for various festivals of friendship between nations. After all, the year of the unity of the peoples of Russia was declared. Therefore, within the framework of the perception of Russia as a multinational state, schoolchildren near Moscow on the eve of National Unity Day will read words that mean nothing to them about Mordovia or Khvasheya. With all due respect to the Mordovians (and the Mordovians make up to 0.32% of the total population of the country as of 2020), I highly doubt that elementary school students near Moscow, after reading the text written for them (and sent to the schools from above), will remember anything about Mordovia and its traditions. And something tells me that not a single Russian school will talk about the Russian people on this day. The question of who brings such scenarios to the schools is very interesting (of course the teachers themselves don't come up with it, they just act it out). But, most importantly, as usual, we are engaged in exchanging concepts. What is the meaning of National Unity Day? The unity of the Russian people, meaning all the people who inhabited the Russian state (they were all Russians, regardless of nationality) in the face of an external threat. It was the people, under conditions of a power crisis and total betrayal of the elites, who took the initiative into their own hands. It was the people, acting as a subject of political action, who succeeded in uniting around the Orthodox Church, around Prince Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin, and drove out foreign enemies, thereby preserving the independence and sovereignty of the country. Yes, they keep saying that there were people of different nationalities in the militias. But the emphasis on it began hundreds of years later than these events, creating the idea of ​​the brotherhood of nations. If we look at 1612 through the eyes of our contemporaries, it is likely that people simply did not think about their nationality. They simply responded to the call to defend the Russian state, and consider themselves Russian people.