Reading other material in the NYT, something I do only very rarely, I came across this page for upcoming itineraries offered by the Times. I was aghast that the blurb described the Bolshevik Revolution as something to be 'commemorated'. One pictures a priest censing while serving a moleben when one hears that word.
EEEK !
Shockingly, with all the resources at their disposal, the New York Times made an error on the year. It should be the 100th anniversary. Then, too, anniversary should NOT be capitalized. The way it's written up below, it looks like a fun carnival.
To make matters even worse, the headline picture of a small slideshow shows the ugliest statue bust of The Unmentionable Lieutenant of the Devil ! Take a look if your eyes can bear it.
This is the mentality of the most influential purveyor of news in the U>S. From this scandalous writeup, we can gain a glimpse of how much opposition there is to dismantling every last image of The Unmentionable inside Russia itself.
But all that resistance comes from a stagnant idea and set of ideals. Surely, the opposition from every quarter, in and outside Russia - for one thinks that the NYT would shed tears were their favorite bust of The Unmentionable shattered and dumped into the dustbin of history - can be overcome. I think the calls have to become louder and more insistent that this obvious correct step be taken promptly, instead of dragged on and on, suiting only the Devil and his minions.
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2017 : If you are interested in our 2017 itinerary, which commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the Revolution and includes a visit to the Museum of the Political History of Russia, please call 855 698 7979 for details.