| ID | 137333 |
| Title Proper | Insurrection in Kiev |
| Other Title Information | the stage and the actors |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Sagnol, Marc |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | FOR FIVE YEARS, Marc Sagnol headed the French Institute in Kiev; an expert in Germanic languages he also has excellent command of Russian, Polish and Ukrainian, to say nothing of Western tongues. The text offered here is a valuable evidence of the events which were unfolding in Kiev, including the insurrection. Thanks to his linguistic proficiency and knowledge of the country he could better grasp the meaning of what was unfolding before his eyes without prejudice and hasty conclusions. Having come to Kiev to make a film about Paul Celan* he never expected that, during his very short stay in the Ukrainian capital, the crisis would reach the boiling point. Anybody reading his article will inevitably see that Ukraine was not a country without a past and that the struggle for civil rights and democracy is a smokescreen for a revival of the old forces defeated in World War II but still very much alive. People familiar with my films know that the guards in Sobibór (and other concentration camps) were Ukrainians. This does not mean that the past lives indefinitely; it means that the naïveté with which the old good democrats ignore the depths of History and its wounds will bring bitter fruit. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 60, No.5; 2014: p.115-134 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol: 60 No 5 |
| Key Words | European Union ; Civil rights ; Russia ; Ukraine ; Kiev |