Attempts at dialogues about history (03.01.2022)
An attempt at a street dialogue between Vitaliy Dribnytsya and a Russian-speaking interlocutor who defends the Kremlin’s version of history. The conversation falls apart against the sources: the interlocutor cannot show in the Primary Chronicle what he attributes to it, while Dribnytsya offers specifics — where the key figures of the dynasty are actually buried (Yaroslav the Wise in St. Sophia of Kyiv, Yuri Dolgoruky in the Church of the Savior at Berestove in Kyiv, Rurik a legendary figure with no grave) and which battle was truly the largest tank battle of World War II (not Prokhorovka, but the fighting in the Lutsk–Brody–Dubno triangle in June 1941). A source for the articles on the cult of the “Great Victory” and on the transformation of “Rus” into “Russia”.
Key moments
- 01:14 Who founded Russia: an argument over the Primary Chronicle
- 08:46 Where Rurik, Yaroslav the Wise, and Yuri Dolgoruky are buried
- 16:41 Was Prokhorovka the largest tank battle of World War II
- 17:44 The Lutsk–Brody–Dubno battle, June 1941 — the largest tank battle
- 23:04 Restating the largest-tank-battle claim and the dead end of the talk