VLADIVOSTOK, September 7. /TASS/. During the invasion of the Kursk Region, Ukraine wanted to commit cultural genocide, seeking to destroy elements of Russian national identity, said Yelena Malysheva, head of the National Center for Historical Memory (NCIP) under the President of the Russian Federation.
"We can say this because the basis of any genocide, in addition to physical destruction, is the destruction of national identity. And these are two interrelated phenomena. And therefore, the destruction of what is the basis for national identity is a deliberate policy that can be described as cultural genocide," Malysheva told TASS in an interview on the sidelines of the EEF.
She added that on September 9, Kursk will host a specialized NCIP event jointly with the government of the Kursk Region and the Society for the Protection of Monuments.
"When we turned to this topic, it became clear that this is not a simple list, that is, it is not just a list of lost and damaged objects, but that each object reveals exactly the essence of cultural genocide - what it is aimed at and what exactly is our national identification through cultural heritage objects," the historian explained.
According to Malysheva, who is also member of the Civic Chamber, analysis of the destroyed and damaged cultural monuments provides an "interesting puzzle."
