20.11.2024
“Eighty years of victory over Nazism is a triumphant moment, yet a return of this disease carries with it an existential threat to the entire civilizational existence,” said Acting Rector of RSUH Andrei Loginov.
The executive body of RSUH took part in the 18th International Conference "The Derzhavin Readings", which is taking place on November 19-21 at the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. Acting Rector of RSUH Andrei Loginov spoke at the plenary session, the main topic of which this year was "The Fight Against Nazism: 80 Years Later. Global Threat to Humanity".
"The lessons of World War II and the Nuremberg Trials have not been learned, and now neo-Nazi aspirations are putting the civilization at risk of total destruction," Andrei Loginov noted. According to him, there is still no clear explanation for the reason for the emergence of Nazism in the center of the world, at the pinnacle of human development, in a country of philosophers, poets and writers, in a society with developed industrialization and universal education. This issue worries historians, especially in the context of falsification of historical facts. "Today, the role of specialists graduated from RSUH, a recognized leader in the field of training experts in history, archival science and documentation, is especially important. Teaching skills in working with historical sources, critical analysis, finding new methods of attracting young people to research work is one of the most important tasks of higher education, and, of course, RSUH," said Andrei Loginov. He also noted that it was impossible to educate patriots who did not accept any manifestations of racial or national hatred without understanding the specific historical events of the Great Patriotic War and the role of Nazi propaganda in justifying their numerous crimes on Soviet soil during the occupation. "This is where we see our professional and professorial duty, implementing a number of projects that contribute to the education of patriotic citizens. We see a close relationship between this work and the difficult historical period that our country is going through today," said Andrei Loginov. He also spoke about the cooperation of RSUH with the Sparta Battalion and the sets of modern history textbooks received from the battalion, which are used in Ukrainian schools.
The Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Konstantin Chuichenko addressed the participants with a welcoming speech, noting that in addition to improving international law and developing domestic legislation, it was important to work on educating citizens and supporting initiatives aimed at preserving historical memory. "Nazism brings with it destructive ideas based on hatred, discrimination and suppression of human rights. Currently, the materials collected by Russian competent authorities within the framework of the presidential project "Without Statute of Limitations" form the basis of dozens of court cases on the recognition of the genocide of the Soviet people by the Nazis. In order to really protect our citizens from destructive ideologies, we need comprehensive prevention, which allows us to identify the manifestation of radicalization at an early stage," the Minister concluded. At the plenary session, welcoming messages from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova were read, in which the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution of Russia on combating the glorification of Nazism, aimed at preventing the revision of the results of World War II and condemning the propaganda of Nazism, was particularly noted.
