Have there been a « kobzars’ shot arrival » and drowned girls in Kolyma: a test of historical fakes
History does not tolerate falsehood.
Every fake or myth – whether compassionate or « victorious » – undermines trust in Ukrainians and the truth as such.
Many historians emphasize that the victimization of Ukrainians has depreciated the memory of real victims of repression and other tragic events from our past.
At the same time, excessive heroization and fake about the « uniqueness » of Ukrainians undermine confidence in their real achievements.
« Up. Life » with the assistance of the historian and participant of the project « Likbez: Historical Front » Gennady Efimenko Prepared the « anti -foot » test on the history of Ukraine.
Make sure you recognize historical myths popular online!
The Ukrainian language was recognized as the third in all languages of the world at the Linguistic Congress in Paris in 1934.
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The network likes to spread the myth, as if in 1934 in Paris at the Linguistic Congress, experts recognized the Ukrainian language the third of all languages (after French and Farsi) by melody, lexical and phraseological wealth, word-forming opportunities, syntactic flexibility. However, there is no confirmation of the existence of such a congress or such a rating. It inventionwhich walks the Ukrainian info space.
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The network likes to spread the myth, as if in 1934 in Paris at the Linguistic Congress, experts recognized the Ukrainian language the third of all languages (after French and Farsi) by melody, lexical and phraseological wealth, word-forming opportunities, syntactic flexibility. However, there is no confirmation of the existence of such a congress or such a rating. It inventionwhich walks the Ukrainian info space.
The cat chieftain of Zaporizhzhya Sich Ivan Sirko taught in Sorbonne.
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Facebook loves the myth that the Cossack chieftain of Zaporizhzhya Sich Ivan Sirko allegedly participated in the capture of the Dunkirk fortress during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), after which he taught the history of Poland and Ukraine-Rus at Sorbonn. The first this fable was written by a publicist and a hoax Ilko Borschak In the Ukrainian Tribune newspaper in 1922. However, historians have not found any confirmation in favor of this version. In the end, Sirko could not teach in Sorbonne in the seventeenth century, because he had no university education, told STOPFAKE.org Historian Artem Papakin.
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Facebook loves the myth that the Cossack chieftain of Zaporizhzhya Sich Ivan Sirko allegedly participated in the capture of the Dunkirk fortress during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), after which he taught the history of Poland and Ukraine-Rus at Sorbonn. The first this fable was written by a publicist and a hoax Ilko Borschak In the Ukrainian Tribune newspaper in 1922. However, historians have not found any confirmation in favor of this version. In the end, Sirko could not teach in Sorbonne in the seventeenth century, because he had no university education, told STOPFAKE.org Historian Artem Papakin.
In 1930, Kharkiv hosted the Congress of Shooting Kobzars – the Soviet authorities convened more than 300 artists to the Opera House, which were then shot in the forest belt.
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According to Internet legend, in December 1930, a congress of folk singers was held in Kharkiv, which gathered 337 kobzars and lyricists. After that, they were allegedly sent to the Kozach Lopan station and shot in the forest belt, the bodies were buried, and the tools were burned. However, archival documents do not contain any mention of such an event. There is no confirmation of the fact of such a congress, transportation of kobzars or mass shooting. The story of congress and execution is Fake. However, this does not deny the fact that in Soviet times many kobzars, like many figures of Ukrainian culture, have been repressed.
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According to Internet legend, in December 1930, a congress of folk singers was held in Kharkiv, which gathered 337 kobzars and lyricists. After that, they were allegedly sent to the Kozach Lopan station and shot in the forest belt, the bodies were buried, and the tools were burned. However, archival documents do not contain any mention of such an event. There is no confirmation of the fact of such a congress, transportation of kobzars or mass shooting. The story of congress and execution is Fake. However, this does not deny the fact that in Soviet times many kobzars, like many figures of Ukrainian culture, have been repressed.
In 1949, on the orders of Moscow, the escorts drowned alive in the swamp three thousand Ukrainian girls, « To give no one to give birth to Bandera. »
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Dmitry Shupta poet wrote the poem « Kolyme girls », where he described that in 1949, the Soviet escorts allegedly drowned in the swamp of three thousand Ukrainian girls under 14 years of age from Moscow, so that they « did not give birth to Bandera. » It is an artistic fiction that has spread the network as « History from Secret Archives. » As explains “Historical Truth”there could be no children of this age in Stalin’s camps (another three thousand at the same time). Minors served sentences in separate colonies, mostly in the West of the USSR. Families did not live in the camps, and in special settlements where families of repressed were evicted, there was no opportunity to organize such a mass murder.
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Dmitry Shupta poet wrote the poem « Kolyme girls », where he described that in 1949, the Soviet escorts allegedly drowned in the swamp of three thousand Ukrainian girls under 14 years of age from Moscow, so that they « did not give birth to Bandera. » It is an artistic fiction that has spread the network as « History from Secret Archives. » As explains “Historical Truth”there could be no children of this age in Stalin’s camps (another three thousand at the same time). Minors served sentences in separate colonies, mostly in the West of the USSR. Families did not live in the camps, and in special settlements where families of repressed were evicted, there was no opportunity to organize such a mass murder.
Stepan Bandera never managed the UPA.
”Philip Orlyk’s constitution « in 1710 was the first constitution in the world.
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According to some historians, a document called “Treaties and the resolution of the Rights and Liberties of the Zaporozhye Army” or « Philip Orlyk’s Constitution » in 1710 was not really Constitution Ukraine, since it was not the basic law and did not enshrine the existence of Ukraine as a sovereign state. This document was adopted in emigration and has never come into force in Ukraine. However, he was progressive for his time, because he was one of the first attempts to determine the restriction of the Hetman’s power. The first constitution in the modern sense, which was in force as the basic law of the state, was the US Constitution in 1787.
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According to some historians, a document called “Treaties and the resolution of the Rights and Liberties of the Zaporozhye Army” or « Philip Orlyk’s Constitution » in 1710 was not really Constitution Ukraine, since it was not the basic law and did not enshrine the existence of Ukraine as a sovereign state. This document was adopted in emigration and has never come into force in Ukraine. However, he was progressive for his time, because he was one of the first attempts to determine the restriction of the Hetman’s power. The first constitution in the modern sense, which was in force as the basic law of the state, was the US Constitution in 1787.
At the time of the formation of the USSR, the Taganrog was part of Soviet Ukraine.
Odessa was founded by Catherine II.
The United States was diplomatically recognized as the USSR when the famine lasted in Ukraine.
In 1937, from October 27 to November 4, 1111 prisoners were shot dead in Solovki.
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This is true. The Sandarmokh Karelian tract became the place of mass executions. Only in the period from October 27 to November 4, 1937, the NKVD of the USSR shot 1111 prisoners there. Among them were many representatives of the Ukrainian intelligentsia, including director Les Kurbas, playwright Mykola Kulish, poet Mykola Zerov, writer Valerian Pidmogilny and other cultural figures, who will be called « shot revival ».
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This is true. The Sandarmokh Karelian tract became the place of mass executions. Only in the period from October 27 to November 4, 1937, the NKVD of the USSR shot 1111 prisoners there. Among them were many representatives of the Ukrainian intelligentsia, including director Les Kurbas, playwright Mykola Kulish, poet Mykola Zerov, writer Valerian Pidmogilny and other cultural figures, who will be called « shot revival ».
In 1944, Beria and Zhukov were ordered to evict all Ukrainians who lived in the territories occupied by the Germans to Siberia.
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There is a myth that in June 1944, Beria and Zhukov signed a joint order to evict all Ukrainians who lived in the territories occupied by the Germans. Like, more than 20 million people planned to deport, but could not be due to scale. In fact, such an order did not exist, and postcards with « information » about him were part of German propaganda aimed at demoralization of the Red Army, explains Historian Rostislav Pilyavets. At the same time, this does not abolish the fact that the Soviet authorities carried out the deportations of Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars, Lithuanians, Finns and representatives of other peoples.
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There is a myth that in June 1944, Beria and Zhukov signed a joint order to evict all Ukrainians who lived in the territories occupied by the Germans. Like, more than 20 million people planned to deport, but could not be due to scale. In fact, such an order did not exist, and postcards with « information » about him were part of German propaganda aimed at demoralization of the Red Army, explains Historian Rostislav Pilyavets. At the same time, this does not abolish the fact that the Soviet authorities carried out the deportations of Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars, Lithuanians, Finns and representatives of other peoples.
In 1953, Laurentia Beria was arrested in Moscow in Moscow.
Before the famine in the USSR, 81 million Ukrainians lived in the USSR, that is, more than Russians.
This photo was taken in Ukraine during the 1932-1933 famine.
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Actually this photo was made by Nansen’s mission staff in Russian Volga In November-December 1921, when the famine continued through drought and crop. Even though the USSR first silenced the problem, in 1921 he sought help from foreigners. Under the auspices of the ICRC, the International Committee for Assistance to the Hungry in Russia was established. Instead, the Holodomor of 1932-1933 was caused by the policy of Soviet power, in particular forced grain harvesting and grain confiscation. International assistance was not provided during the Holodomor. It was also forbidden to leave the villages brought to « black boards » first, and from January 1933 – from all of the USSR. The Holodomor of 1932-33 was a purposeful genocide of Ukrainians. Photos, videos and archival documents about this crime can be found on Site National Museum of Holodomor-Genocide.
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Actually this photo was made by Nansen’s mission staff in Russian Volga In November-December 1921, when the famine continued through drought and crop. Even though the USSR first silenced the problem, in 1921 he sought help from foreigners. Under the auspices of the ICRC, the International Committee for Assistance to the Hungry in Russia was established. Instead, the Holodomor of 1932-1933 was caused by the policy of Soviet power, in particular forced grain harvesting and grain confiscation. International assistance was not provided during the Holodomor. It was also forbidden to leave the villages brought to « black boards » first, and from January 1933 – from all of the USSR. The Holodomor of 1932-33 was a purposeful genocide of Ukrainians. Photos, videos and archival documents about this crime can be found on Site National Museum of Holodomor-Genocide.
