To the regular debaters about whose people are more ancient, whose statehood is more ancient, whose language is more ancient, etc.:

During the formation of various empires, missionaries always went ahead of them – they prepared the “soil” in the heads of the “natives” before the arrival of the main imperial forces.

The League of Free Nations, which unites the peoples enslaved by Moscow in their struggle for the realization of the right to self-determination, has appealed to the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.

Outlining his own vision of the situation in the field of the national liberation struggle, the author sometimes encounters misunderstanding, and as a result, with hard hitting assessments of his work and his personality. He is a clown, and a Jew, and an Armenian, and a Tatarophob. He has nothing against the first three. As N.A. Nekrasov wrote, “My friends, ridicule me without constraint – I will answer you the same!” Why I do not agree with the “Tatarophob” – I will have to explain.

The hysteria observed now of the rashists about the retreat from Kherson leads to deeper consequences than it might seem.

When I was young, I read a book Working by the American journalist Studs Terkel,  in which he interviewed representatives of various professions in the United States and asked them to describe their activities. I was struck by how seriously Americans consider their work. For the vast majority, this is a significant part of their daily life, which should be accepted seriously. All of them, from a municipal garbage man or a cleaner in a dog shelter to a business investor, knew all the moves and exits, all the tricks, they looked for ways to improve, tricks to make it easier, they knew how to plan and calculate efforts. And I was also amazed, if not shocked, by one entertaining short story. It was about the front-line reporter of the WWII period. He and a friend went into the front toilet (yes, a specially built wooden toilet with cubicles). An ordinary soldier was sitting at the entrance, giving out toilet paper, three leaves per visitor. The journalist’s friend asked if he could take a little more paper. The toilet guard replied, “No, it’s not allowed! One leaf – from top to bottom, one – from bottom to top, and one – for complete purity!

From the very beginning of the Moscow principality existence, the main concern of its rulers was the expansion of their possessions. The entire history of this state formation is an ongoing process of aggression against the surrounding countries and peoples. Кол Шәриф tells about this.

Once upon a time, in the 1950s, the best American boxing coach was asked how he managed to bring up famous champions. What technique he uses to bring up unbeatable fighters like undisputed world champion Joe Louis. The coach answered without much thought, “I go to church!” He was asked again – about his selection methods, individual training routine, special pedagogical techniques. The coach repeated his answer, “I go to church and pray to God to send me more guys like my Johnny!”

For most Russians, this is an integral part of the state and a kind of reason for pride, because it is famous for its incredible natural wealth, and its territories are huge.

Two quotes from the Free Idel-Ural forums.

Author No. 1: “Because the Tatars and Tatarstan, even today on the territory of the modern Volga Federal District, play the role of a locomotive, both economic, regional and political. It is no secret that on the territory of the Idel-Ural, only where the Tatars managed to survive more or less compactly, the Erzya, the Mari, the Chuvash, and the Udmurts manage to survive to some extent even thanks to them… The Tatars have always been the very axis of survival of all the ethnic masses of the Idel-Ural, they play the same role that the Germans and Germany play in the EU today.”

Author #2: “Well, you shouldn’t engage in self-aggrandizement and self-admiration, even if there is some truth in it, it is at least immodest.”

Tatars are not a monolithic mass. The main “watershed line” that will matter in the near future is the confrontation between the imperials and the regionalists. Lenar Miftakhnyky, the Tatar publicist,  describes it in such a way.

This holiday has been celebrated in the republic since 1992. The Constitution of Tatarstan was adopted on November 6, 1992 at the XII session of the Supreme Council of the Republic. The pathetic phrase “the creation of this important legal document played a significant role in the development of the political system of the region” is difficult to refute. But what is the result? And what were the hopes, do you remember?

Do you remember the children’s fairy tale about two clumsy bear cubs who could not correctly divide the found block of cheese until the fox “helped” them? It seemed to the poor bears that the main trouble was that the other had a larger piece. The fox came to help. She made and made equal until she left tiny pieces to the greedy brothers. But absolutely equal.

Today, in the center of Yoshkar-Ola, activists of the national movement of the Mari people handed out flags and stickers with the symbols of Mari El. Once it will be a big holiday, but for now it is necessary to celebrate semi-underground.

I suggest

To melt Minin,

Pozharskiy.

Why do they need a pedestal?

Praising two shopkeepers

Is enough for us,

October caught

Them behind the counters.

We didn’t break our necks

Accidentally.

I know it would fit.

Big deal,

They saved Russia!

Or maybe it would be better not to save?

Jack Althausen