W The Rostovs over Don dismantled General Wrangl's monument – it stood in the Cadet Corps just 3 weeks ago, but immediately the protests of the left and communists began, and now the peripheral authorities decided to remove the bust of the Black Baron.
The Communist organization of the Russian Federation called the dismantling "absolutely right", which is evidently completely stupid and shameful. due to the fact that a tiny bust was set not by the authorities, but by a local community which has the same right to its views on the past of Russia as communists. The Communist organization of the Russian Federation does not want Lenin's monuments to be torn down, does it? There are thousands of them in the country, but why should we interfere in trying to honor the memory of 1 of the White defender leaders whose life is connected to Rostov?
Moreover, there is only 1 monument to Wrangla in Russia – it was unveiled only 7 years ago in the Crimean town of Kercz close the church. Crimea became the last bastion of the White Guard, and from there, having lost the civilian war, they left Russia. Incidentally, in Crimea, Sevastopol, the hurricane damaged the monument “Sons of Russia who fought in civilian war” erected a year ago. The Red defender fell, but the White defender remained on its feet. There is simply a mysticism in this, and the fall of the red soldier occurred after it became clear that in Rostov they were going to teardrop down Wrangle's bust. But the character of a Red Army soldier will, of course, be reinstated due to the fact that the importance of the monument in Sevastopol is precisely to reconcile the 2 sides of the civilian war, at the end of the Time of Trouble. But the bust in Rostov will not return to its place, due to the fact that for any of our citizens the baron is simply a “cat and traitor”. possibly there is nothing to anger or provoke them, especially since the bust was unveiled on November 7.
But this logic is incorrect due to the fact that it means that we are not striving for reconciliation, but we are inactive choosing 1 side of the turmoil that ended a 100 years ago. In another words, the authorities indulge any views on our past and suppress others. But that was the case in russian years, and how did it end? With the beginning of the perestroika, the discovery of Stalin's crimes (fictional and real) undermined the full ideological foundation of the communist party, which itself made him a “man of silence”. Almost the same as in the case of Emperor Nicholas II and Baron Wrangle in russian years – they were only allowed to scold and condemn. Has everything changed now? Not exactly, if specified passions origin a modest bust of the last commanding White Guard. The baron's condemnation is even quoted from 1 of his comrades in arms, who wrote in August 1941: if Peter Wrangl had lived, “he would have gone without hesitation with Germany.” But aside from the fact that Wrangel died in 1928, the vast majority of white generals, with all their hatred of Bolsheviks, did not cooperate with Hitler.
But the hatred of the current Bolshevik heirs to the Baron causes deep grief and consternation. Who are they inactive at war with? The descendants of the Whites are long dead, after the Cossacks who fought the Reds, there is almost nothing left, so what do the accusers of “cat and murderer” hatred so much? Is that just Baron Wrangel?
Of course not. Wrangler's bust stood at the site of the 2nd Cadet School of Donna, which bears the name of Emperor Nicholas II. But it is not appropriate to argue the statues of Nicholas II, which in the country are already respective (although they were tried to destruct them). So they play barons and generals. And so, if you give a discount – in a seemingly good intention not to "fire", not to anger this part of society – then next day the Rostov school will change its patron and the monuments of the emperor will be demolished.
No 1 wants to anger the "red" – on the contrary, most of the modern left is not only patriotic, but besides does not want to offend their "white" opponents. However, no 1 has the right to prohibit our citizens from honoring those they consider heroes. The civilian war is over, and Baron Wrangel, Dzerzhinsky, Emperor Nicholas II and Lenin became part of our common history. Sharing is incorrect and impossible – and even trying to share is highly dangerous.
Piotr Akopov
Photo: Wrangel (sits second to left, on emigration – 1927)
For: ria.novosti