Raven from the past

80 years ago in Moscow a Soviet-German treaty and secret protocols for it were signed

Roman Arbitman (Lev Gursky) wrote a book. It seems to be in the "light genre", funny, with vigilantly noticed details of our life today. A fantastic book is in every sense of the word.

With two notifications.

“The publishing house is not responsible for the groundless fantasies of the author. The author is not responsible for random coincidences of the names and surnames of characters, as well as the names of cities, countries and continents. Thus, all responsibility in full falls on the readers of this book. ”

That is - as usual. And the second.

“Imagine that in 1876 Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the phone. In 1877, Thomas Alva Edison failed to record a human voice. In 1895, the first film show of the Brothers Louis and Auguste Lumier did not take place. In the same year, neither Gulelmo Marconi, nor Alexander Popov, nor many others came up with a wireless telegraph. In 1923, Vladimir Zvorykin did not submit a patent application for television ... Do you think that in the 21st century the world (with so many technological "not") would be very different from which we all used to today? Surely it would be different. But I'm not sure that strongly. "

The book about this world is called “Corvus Corax” - “Ordinary Raven”.

The forgotten Molotov died, who kept the record made on this very “ordinary Voron” in negotiations in August 1939-with Ribbentrop. And behind the raven there is a great hunt, with chases, deaths, serious fights. Everything is mixed up. The whole story is mixed, where is the truth, where a lie, where there is simply a fantastic ignorance of the former ... the image of the present time, that is, is not real , but invented, dadged, where the only thing is known is known only to an ancient shabby bird with a complex character.

Just returned from Montenegro, talked there with a taxi driver. "How was it better or worse with Serbia?" I asked. “It was better,” the taxi driver answered without hesitation. - We were part of a large country, with a powerful army, we felt protected. We were part of the twenty -million people ... ”And for a long time he told how well they were - therefore - lived. Paying, I said:

“I came from the country, which is now eight times more than I was once-yours. And the army was such that the whole world was horrified, even now. Well, then we lived so worse than you - I do not understand. "

The taxi driver laughed.

Yes, a small country. And what, so, keep it in order - easier than the big one? Do not dump garbage in heaps right on the streets, do not let the sewer into the sea, where not only only tourists bathe? Yes, of course, they are hopelessly spoiled by the Catholic neighborhood, but also Turkish too? Nothing shorter than the Tatar-Mongolian, by the way. And the language is clear.

The Mongols, by the way, also live better than we, more correctly, in any case. Although we extremely diligently almost the entire twentieth century spoiled their lives - we helped to make a jump from feudalism into socialism. So, they still made their jump (not to the other side), and the elections are held, they choose someone, they earn their birthmarks.

They live, in a word, in the 21st century it is difficult, with errors. And they do not grind endlessly, as once not like Moscow-they reached Vienna! What made an invaluable contribution to world civilization.

Like us, for example.

But now it’s not some kind of raven on the tail, but the original of the contract and secret protocols to him from the “special folder” in the archive of the Central Committee took, held in his hands, published, here he is, admire! The whole world was like that, say? Not all, far from all. We will not be mistaken. We will not reassure ourselves.

And the fact that Hitler nevertheless attacked us reached Moscow and Leningrad, reached the Volga, does not cancel anything, does not justify.

Two criminals divided Europe - in accordance with their ideas about the beautiful. At the same time, they hated each other, despised, gazed intently to hit the first.

In the meantime, yes: they hugged and talked about "friendship forever", "fastened with blood." They could not say that?

The world is really arranged poorly, disgustingly arranged, if quite honest. But Hitler and the company gave a non -surpassed sample of meanness with anyone, and the world flinched. And this forced the "Western democracies" to reach out to Stalin's hand. As Churchill said there: if I found out that Hitler attacked Hell, I would go to an alliance with the devil.

The Nazis did not count us for people. And what were we - were people? Themselves people - they thought?

But so the story was so, so the card fell that these years turned out to be the only ones that justified the very existence of a huge power.

They fought - badly, especially at the beginning of this war. But Hitler did a tremendous work, made the population of the USSR for its own purposes and objectives, and we seemed to be not so bad. And we ourselves believed that we were carrying freedom to people, albeit behind the iron curtain, but - freedom.

That we should be grateful to all these Estonians, Poles, Czechs, all kinds of Finns ... Without us it would be even worse, that’s the main message. And in gratitude “for everything” we demanded sincere love.

But a piece of paper locked in the Central Committee, in a safe - he was, stayed, whined like a sick tooth. He prevented the construction of a consistent story of our time, where “we” were in unsented white robes, and “they” were sprayed from head to toe - blood.

The raven flew from the past, crooked his. You, a crow, cannot be involved in the “justification of the crimes of Nazism”: what he heard, what he remembered, then ricked.

And then it turned out gloriously: the country of “dreamers, the country of scientists” lived, built a happy life, but, having been an awkward attack, clenched her teeth resolutely and brought her red flag to the defeated Reichstag. And if on June 22, Hitler did not attack, but correctly fulfilled the obligations taken two years before? Would we betray him? Hit in an unprotected back? Or did they support him - hotly, sincerely, as at the very beginning? What would be distracted by such a wonderful friendship? What would we not regret for her?

The bird will not answer, will not answer.

And now, in August 2019, we were not invited to celebrate the beginning of the war in Gloivitsa. And the Germans - they called. And everyone else was called. And we are not. It's a shame.

Thirty years ago, under Gorbachev, this would be impossible. They forgave us everything, recklessly and forever. We were warmly applauded for everyone - natural for any normal society! - Step.

For each recognition, we were given the opportunity to start with a clean sheet.

But we began to wander and demand additional concessions. By the logic of post -war raiders: well, give a ruble, otherwise I have syphilis and I spit in your face! And they spat! The years of humiliation were stoically transferred when they had to repent and promise through their teeth: yes, never again! Well, when it was! We are completely different!

And then, as the oil went up, and the unexplored KGB again strengthened and took up the well-learned old, then everyone who sees, and saw a well-known face. And no matter what there could be, I am already afraid to not restore confidence. And our power seems to have understood. And I decided that there was nothing to pretend: everything was right .

A few years ago, the trial stone was already thrown. On the official website of the Ministry of Defense, the head of the research department of the military history of the North-Western region of the Russian Federation of the Military History of the Ministry of Defense, candidate of historical sciences, Colonel Sergei Kovalev. “Everyone who studied the history of the Second World War, they know that it began due to Poland’s refusal to satisfy German claims,” Kovalev wrote. - Meanwhile, the demands of Germany were very moderate: to include the free city of Danzig in the Third Reich, to allow the construction of extraterritorial highways and railways that would associate eastern Prussia with the main part of Germany. The first two requirements can hardly be called unreasonable ... "

In other words, the Russian colonel actually echoes German propaganda, which took place before the start of the war. They sailed.

The task, of course, is not easy. The colonel went too far. They said about him (a tongue twister) that the Ministry of his views did not share. But they hinted that even the colonel has the right to such views. And nothing special is that he sets them out on a completely official website - in the section "History against lies and falsifications." The usual thing ...

Or then the FSB declassified a number of documents of the eve of war. The goal was the same - to put in the Stalinist policy. To prove that alternatives did not exist to her. For example, the English ambassador in Moscow writes to his superiors in London (in September 1941, the British and I are already allies):

“... there is no doubt that the immediate reason for the signing of this pact was, as Soviet leaders have repeatedly stated, their desire to stay outside the war ... This policy not only gave the Soviet Union the opportunity to remain outside the war. But it also allowed him to acquire such territories at the expense of neighboring states that they considered valuable in case of Germany attack on the USSR. The first step in this direction was taken in mid -September 1939, when they joined Poland immediately after it turned out that only the complete occupation of the Germans of this country can be an alternative to their entry ... "

And even the Soviet attack on Finland is trying to somehow explain. Although more recently, his country voted for the expulsion of the USSR from the League of Nations-it was precisely because of this attack.

The Generals of the FSB, who once declared the stolen letter once, are happy. Here! .. Here! .. It’s not us - they say that! But the English ambassador in 1941 could justify his ally, with the last forces resisting the powerful enemy, and today it is a shame to pretend that you did not know that the agreement was reached before the first shot of the World War. And about the “complete occupation by the Germans of this country” there was not a minute.

They pretend that they do not know. And you can guess - why: Russia again rewrites its history.

The book of Arbitman-Gursky was published in April. How quickly we live, have been living in months - decades! And now the first persons of the state are no longer embarrassed to repeat, it would seem, forever rejected dogmas and myths. The Katynsky execution of the Poles (for which Gorbachev and all three Russian presidents have been apologized more than once), it is again openly called the “Goebbels fake”, others are carefully proposed to dump for a while . This was, you know, time. So everyone behaved then, differently-nothing.

Here is this unfortunate agreement. Yes, he was no different from any other! It was 30 years ago that at the congress of people's deputies recognized him as a political mistake, got excited, but there was no reason to get excited!

And the new Honorary Chairman of the Military Historical Society Sergey Ivanov is not a minute, not a historian, but the KGB General, a former Minister of Defense, now a member of the Security Council, a special representative of the president on ecology issues, versatile human experience, in other words.

“At the state level, this has not even been discussed now, and my personal point of view is as follows: in 1989, the delegates hurried. Then the emotional background was completely different, different from the present. Theoretically, if there was now political will, this decision could be revised and canceled. But whether it is necessary to do this, I'm not sure. All the harm that could be done by this confession has long been inflicted. I do not want to portray my words as the opinion of the highest authorities. But, without afraid to make a mistake, I think that it is about the same. ”

All harm with this decree has already been done, Ivanov believes. It would be interesting to ask him: what harm does he mean? And what would we live further - survived the twentieth century - avoiding this harm? However, this question is easily answered. So they would live, as we live now, not experiencing shame for the deed, but only irritation in relation to those who “forced” us to recognize what was. They could not recognize, they did not recognize 50 years and felt excellent at the same time. And they could continue. How easy it would be to live!

If I wrote a review, I would definitely say that both noble scouts and honest oppositionists act in the Arbitman's book. For my taste, even too noble and honest, oh well. The main thing-it all ended well, the raven of the brown of the eye did not cry out, was sold to the States, to the Congress library, since he once “recorded” not only Ribbentrop, but also the famous “Vorona” after Edgar Allan Poe.

“It turned out that in 1936, the first American ambassador to the USSR, William Bullit, leaving the service, presented this carrier to the then Soviet People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs Maxim Litvinov, and he, not being a great lovers of birds, transferred him to the balance of his drug addict, to the department of current phonograms. From there he was taken by the new People's Commissar of Molotov, when it was time to make a meeting with the Messenger of the Fuhrer. But in what way, after how many hands the raven came to the bully from its first owner - the famous American writer - no one did. I think Bullit did not know about this path, otherwise, of course, he would not let out the treasure from his hands. And even more so I did not know about the biography of the Hammer carrier. For him, as you know, Corvus was of value for a completely different reason. ”

Let there, in the States, and now shouting his Raven Nevermore! How much will fit. This is there, in the States, maybe Nevermore!, And we will have everything as we want.