Moscow has published new history textbooks emphasizing the significance of demilitarisation and denazification in Ukraine. The textbook will support Russia’s September invasion of Ukraine.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has increased his grip on the war narrative in schools.
The conflict is increasingly being presented to Russia’s youth as part of Moscow’s historical mission.
The Kremlin is alleged to have ordered the coursebooks to be written quickly and focused on 17-year-olds. In Moscow, the book was unveiled at a press conference.
According to Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov, the material was created in a matter of months with the goal of conveying the aims (of the Ukraine offensive) to schoolchildren.
“The tasks of demilitarisation and de-Nazification, so that schoolchildren are convinced that this is truly the case”, he said, echoing Putin’s declared goals when he dispatched troops to Ukraine last February.
The cover of the book depicts Russia’s bridge connecting annexed Crimea to the mainland, a symbol of Putin’s power that has been assaulted multiple times during the conflict.
It spans the years 1945 through the twenty-first century, and Kravtsov stated that it will be in all schools on September 1.
Mr. Kravtsov stated that the book was written in just under five months.
“After the end of the special military operation (in Ukraine), after our victory, we will further supplement this book”, he said.
Vladimir Medinsky, a presidential advisor renowned for his conservative view of history and chastised by various academics, praised the quick turnaround.
“No textbook in our country has ever been created in such a short period of time”, he remarked.
“The authors practically wrote it with their own hand”, he added.
According to him, the textbooks present the state’s point of view.
The book includes portions about Russian forces saving peace in 2014 when Moscow took Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.
It also criticizes Western sanctions, comparing them to Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812.
During its Ukraine offensive, Russia has unleashed an unparalleled crackdown on dissent, which has expanded into schools.
A Russian kid was taken away from her father in April after she made a picture supporting Ukraine at school.
Following the start of the Ukraine operation, a new subject called ‘Talks on what is important’ was established in Russian schools in order to instill patriotism in students.
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