The school curriculum will include the work of “Lube” and Shaman

The Russian Ministry of Education supported the initiative to include the work of the Lyube group, singers Oleg Gazmanov and Shaman, as well as other modern “patriotic” performers in the school curriculum. this , citing the author of the initiative, State Duma deputy Sergei Kolunov. reports The RIA Novosti agency

“I heard proposals to include songs by contemporary authors both from children in schools and from mothers and wives of participants in the special operation. They asked me to make a corresponding proposal,” he said earlier in an interview with Parliamentary Newspaper.

According to Kolunov, schoolchildren will study the work of “patriotic” stars of modern Russian pop music in music lessons. The exact list of authors and their works will now have to be determined by the expert and parent community, the deputy said. At the same time, he noted that Shaman, Gazmanov and “Lube” will definitely be in it.

The Lyube group and singer Oleg Gazmanov are the main Russian performers in the genre of “patriotic” songs. Vladimir Putin called Lyube his favorite group, and Gazmanov for many years was a constant participant in “patriotic” concerts and City Day celebrations in Moscow.

Shaman (real name Yaroslav Dronov) rose to their level, and perhaps surpassed it, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. His song “I am Russian” became a kind of war anthem. It often plays as a soundtrack in videos with footage of military operations, it is sung by schoolchildren at holidays, and it is heard at pro-war “patriotic” events. from a colony in Kharp that “I am Russian” is played to prisoners every morning immediately after the Russian anthem wrote Alexei Navalny . Several years earlier, reported that he was being tortured in the colony by continuously listening to the songs of the Lyube group. opposition activist Ildar Dadin

Another Shaman hit, released after the start of the war, was the song “Let’s Rise.” For pointing out its obvious similarity to the song of a Nazi youth from the film “Cabaret,” was fined . ex-deputy from Blagoveshchensk Sergei Trush

Shaman actively uses military style. In recent videos and performances, he appears in a leather jacket with a bandage in the colors of the Russian flag on his sleeve, and at a concert on National Unity Day in 2023, he pressed the symbolic red “nuclear suitcase” button live on air.

As calculated the Agency , during the last New Year holidays, Shaman’s performances were shown on federal channels at least 16 times. At the same time, Shaman did not perform at the festive concert held on January 18 on Red Square on the occasion of the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea, which came as a surprise to the press and commentators.

In addition, Shaman was part of the initiative group that nominated Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections held in Russia.

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