Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky on the “cancellation” of Russian culture, special operations and patriotism: “Our country is changing world history”
Mikhail Piotrovsky
Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky gave an interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta and talked about the “cancellation” of Russian culture in the West and the Russian Federation’s military special operation in Ukraine, comparing the West with the Soviet Union.
said Piotrovsky.
At the same time, he states that it is not worth responding in the same way to the “culture of cancellation” as Russia still has the cultural advantage, and has described exhibitions abroad as “a kind of special operation” and “cultural attack”. ”.
According to Piotrovsky, the “culture of cancellation” is linked to the culture of guilt. At the same time, Russia “fell under the arm of the West.”
Piotrovsky noted that Russia is inextricably linked with Europe.
Piotrovsky noted that, like many other cultural figures, he was attacked in order to force himself to talk about the Russian military special operation in Ukraine.
Piotrovsky said a lot about war as a category in an interview:
According to Piotrovsky, “we are all militarists and imperialists”:
The director of the Hermitage also stated that Russia is now changing world history:
Mikhail Piotrovsky heads the Hermitage since 1992.
Source: Spletnik

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