the Russian-speaking Americans are increasingly discussing the idea to move from big cities to small-town America – in Texas or in Alaska – away from black riots. But it seems that the virus of protests has reached the American heartland, where, in the absence of other “extreme”, most goes to the monuments. So, on the eve of the weekend, a group of residents of the city of Sitka in Alaska demanded the demolition of the monument to the first Main Governor of Russian America, Alexander Baranov.
details of the “MK” has learned from our former compatriots.
America takes down its short history, – sad a resident of anchorage Alexander, talking about the misadventures of his stone namesake. – Statue of Alexander Baranov is in the center of Sitka for more than 30 years, and suddenly stop!
Recall, Baranov was born in 1746, the year in the Pomeranian town of Kargopol. In 34 years, he moved to Irkutsk, bought two plants and has organized several expeditions to Asia and to Alaska, where he became the first head of the Russian settlements in Alaska. The city of Sitka Alexander Baranov founded in 1799, the year it was originally called new Archangel in 1808, the year became the capital of Russian America. The tribal elders of the local aboriginal people – Indians-Tlingit – the construction of the city Baranov allowed. But later did not keep his word: destroyed the Fort and its inhabitants killed. Sheep Fort recaptured and moved to a safer place. The monument in the centre Baranov, Sitka was established in 1989-m to year on the initiative of local residents.
And now they suddenly decided that the statue offends the feelings of the indigenous peoples of Alaska! – outraged Alexander. – Which day of the rally. Russian community is, of course, is going to save the monument. We want to write a formal letter to the Governor of the Arkhangelsk region with the request to take the statue home Baranova, if the city Council did take the decision to dismantle it.
If you believe Manager of the Sitka John Leach, in Alaska, in addition to Russian, there are still Americans advocating for the preservation of the monument Baranov, rightly considering it the memory of a specified milestone in the history of Alaska. The support group of the monument Leach drew attention of citizens, informing that the fate of the monument will be resolved by the city Council of Sitka.
– And many people came to the rally against the monument?
– Yes, less than a hundred people. But given that in Sitka’s only 9 thousand people, this is a sufficient amount in order to the city Council considered this question.
Meanwhile, the Russian community of Seattle, Minneapolis and other cities covered by black riots and had already lost monuments of Columbus and heroes of the Civil war, considered as relocation sites Texas. In this state, in the opinion of our countrymen, white didn’t give black the option to do whatever they please.
“We came to America because sAEM its the best country, write in their group of Russian-speaking Americans. Let’s take the next step and start the migration in the best state of the best country, like in Texas. Now we are scattered across the country, and in the case of a race war will not be able to organize and defend themselves. We need to agree where to retreat. According to Russian tradition to the USA “Moscow and Stalingrad” and start there to concentrate. TX for this, because there are resources, climate, technology, and food, and almost no Democrats”.
– it is a Pity that Alaska is reached! – lamenting our former compatriot Andrew Bregstein, recently moved from Texas to new Hampshire. Monument Baranov already desecrated several times, and now all the wave black diarrhea trying to carry. I hope that they will agree on something neutral – for example, put next to a monument to the local leader, to which sheep in their time fighting.
According to our interlocutor, in Texas citizens out to protect the monuments. And the new place of residence Andrey Texas habit also looks after the monuments.
– last week near a local monument to veterans held a rally in support of the BLM, – says Andrey. – When I heard about it, I took the gun and went to him. Just in case, below a monument to accidentally paint someone spilled. There were a few armed residents of our town, but at that time everything went quite peacefully, the youth protesters stood with placards, expressed their civil position and dispersed. By the way, was among the protesters and my oldest daughter, we came together to play against each other.
– what?
– Hannah 19, we have it in the family the main liberal and an opponent of trump. We are cool with it. If people at a young age holds the same conservative views as his parents, it’s definitely something wrong with the heart… Hannah herself has written on cardboard BLM and the Stop mass incarceration (the”Stop mass incarceration”). It was ridiculous, of course, to go to the meeting together on the motorcycle.
– Then you need to blow up the pyramids and razed to the ground all that remained of Ancient Greece and Rome! outraged our compatriot from Houston, Texas, Olga Bosch. – The Louvre and Fontainebleau, also to hell, and reminiscent of the days of oppression and slavery, wars, and other horrors.
According to Olga, the current situation in the US reminds her of the Soviet school history textbook:
– Tops cannot, and bottoms do not want. Here are just a revolution in my country almost no one wants and almost everyone is armed. In Houston two large Russian groups fighting mood to defend himself and monuments of American history. Local people also support it, often in fact. The owner of the shop with a chainsaw has become with��psalom Texas. Even I think to buy me a Kalashnikov? To assemble-disassemble able, in the Soviet school taught on NVP. It somehow affected the husband’s friend, flick the middle finger legal hands pulling out the wooden parts of the machine cylinder… But, it already has grass growing, so it is not used.
