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Parade

April 29, 2011 Anton Orech



I have a very reverent attitude to the war and Victory Day. Family history and education do not allow this to relate to this differently. But the annual situation with the Victory Parade does not cause any other feeling except awkwardness.

The attitude to such dates, to historical milestones and heroes is often formed under the impression of some completely non-historical details and trifles. And the rehearsal of the parade is such a detail. A few weeks before May 9, the life of the capital is paralyzed for a few days. At the very hour of the peak in the city, which for a long time, it has long been calm to drive either day, nor at night, on weekdays, or on weekends, they overlap the central highways so that military equipment can proceed to Red Square for rehearsal.

Nonresident citizens can be perplexed, summing up their bewilderment with permanent hatred of Moscow: well, think what a problem! They blocked some streets-tolerate. The memory of the war is a holy cause, and the parade demonstrates this memory, the power of the state and ideology.

I don’t know what power can be demonstrated by the rental of samples of far from advanced technology and what kind of ideology it symbolizes, even if the best minds talk about the lack of ideology in the country as such - in general. And the issue of the paralysis of the city is not a question of the patience of some number of people. This is almost the same question as with the overlap of tracks for the travel of motorcies. Thousands are actually suffering in the begging, but this demonstrates the attitude towards everyone, without exception.

And now people from the early morning know that they cannot go by car and on business, that parking is everywhere prohibited. What even if you go, then the return trip will take a clock - up to the late night. And you also know that the consequence of the parade will be the destruction of all the streets along which the tanks will pass. And in the wake of emotions, citizens give free rein to Kramole: why the hell is this parade in general? Why celebrate the work of the long time with the pomp? And they just begin to ask why it is at six in the evening at the very peak of the movement that everything should be longing to paralyze everything, creating huge problems for thousands of residents and “guests of the capital”?

Why? Why should a parade with the participation of technology even need to? Who needs these feudal-communist attributes? On the 50th anniversary of the Victory, the parade was held at the Poklonnaya Mountain along Kutuzovsky. And a lot came to the people, while a simple person will not fall on Red Square. A simple person has the opportunity to admire equipment during rehearsal rental. That is, we will not get the parade - we will get traffic jams.

All this can be done more modest, more sincere, and without imperial rattles with tanks of 40 years ago. And emotional indignation from demonstrative disrespect for people will willy-nilly is transferred to the date itself, to the holiday itself.

And most importantly, respect for heroes and attention to veterans with this parade for many are limited. That is, veterans, except for nomenclature, remain on the sidelines. But tanks and government tribune are constantly in the frame in reports from the scene.

Photos of RIA Novosti