The shameful situation that we encountered in the Vdovin-Barsenkov case is extremely dangerous for historical science in general and for every historian in particular, "said on September 13 during a public hearing in Moscow dedicated to the" case of historians ", editor-in-chief of the portal "Kremlin.org" Pavel Danilin, a REGNUM correspondent reports.
Recall that the distribution of a textbook on Soviet history authored by Moscow State University professors Alexander Vdovin and Alexander Barsenkov was suspended after lawyer Murad Musaev announced that a lawsuit would be brought against the authors and the case would be considered in a Grozny court. According to Musaev, the data in the manual that during the war 63% of Chechen conscripts became deserters does not correspond to reality. It should be noted that the campaign against Vdovin and Barsenkov was initiated by the TV presenter, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Svanidze.
“I want to remind you how the dialogue took place, if you can call it that, between the lawyer who represented the interests of the human rights ombudsman under the President of the Chechen Republic and respected professors. The lawyer directly threatened to sue them and force them to pay huge compensation. on the basis of which he made his statements. Musaev asked: “where did you get evidence that there were 63% of deserters?" not interested. They are unverified and untrue, "the expert said.
“It always seemed to me that the anecdote about“list the names of all the victims of the Great Patriotic War”is just an anecdote. which he used, ie the reliability of the data of the NKVD and the FSB of Russia. This is a very dangerous situation, Danilin emphasized.
"This is a challenge and threat for the entire historical community. First of all, it is necessary to give an answer to this, and not to near-political insinuations around this case," the political scientist noted.
“The historical myth that Chechen scientists are now trying to create has practically nothing to do with reality. Vdovin and Barssenkov, as well as the data of the NKVD and the FSB they used, destroy this myth. that the Chechens have always been for a strong united Russia. The data on desertion strongly refute this myth. That is why Ramzan Kadyrov turned to the Ombudsman, who, in turn, turned to lawyers, "Danilin said. "It is a pity that there is no trial. In this case, it would be possible to put an end to such an attitude to historical sources. But no trial is taking place, and now we may face a situation when a representative, for example, of Tatarstan will demand that everything be removed from textbooks. what is written there about the Tatar-Mongol yoke, since the data on the death of Russian warriors have not been confirmed. It's funny, but this is the reality that we, in fact, have already encountered. And to this we must give a tough and unequivocal answer ", - summed up Pavel Danilin.
