Аннотация: Victor Hugo - in France, Irina Antonova - in Russia. A culturological note.
Victor Hugo - in France, Irina Antonova - in Russia. A culturological note.
Across the la Manche - Great Britain. Nearby - Belgium. Victor Hugo (1802-1885) in 1851 protested against the coup of Louis Napoléon, emigrated, and he, Victor Hugo, returned to France only after the fall of the Empire (regime) of Napoleon III in 1870.
About 20 years, Victor Hugo was engaged in creative uncompromising activities. And his life did not pass without a trace for the culture of France! At some point, Charles de Gaulle said: "Personally, I think differently - not like everyone else!" And he stood his ground ... And after de Gaulle, many leaders in France act in accordance with their conscience, with their principles and with their convictions - despite all the risks ...
There is no la Manche nearby the city of Moscow. There is no Belgium either. There is Kaluga, Tula and Ryazan ...
Irina Antonova (1922-2020) - has always been a pretty, although not entirely understandable, person. She rotated along some kind of special orbit.
But today it was reported that she organized, once, an exhibition of items from the collection of Heinrich Schliemann. It's good!
The radio broadcast today of her oral recollections of the evacuation from Moscow in 1941 and her semi-legal return to Moscow (after the evacuation) evokes a great sympathy, positive attitude towards her personality...
And when you hear about cultural exchange with Western countries, when you think about the benefits of the activity that represents Russia in the eyes of the Western World as a cultural, civilized, European country, then you try not to think about the rapid widening of the criminal sub-culture, about the daring throws (which, now, rised to level of the system events) of cultural thimbleriggers, about contemptuous chuckles about the Khabarovsk demonstrators, about the beaten and humiliated Belarusians, about wild family stories (including between parents and children), - about a family stories that are becoming an everyday part of Russial life ...
In general, La Gioconda is in the Louvre, and the bear is in the North ...
An explanation: "Mishka [bear] in the North" is the trademark.
December 1, 2020 18:52
Translation from Russian into English: December 1, 2020 22:44.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Виктор Гюго - во Франции, Ирина Антонова - в России. Культурологическая заметка'.