BinZiad
29-08-2002, 15:09
More monuments, good ones and of all sorts!
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov stated the other day that a
monument will be erected on the spot where the MI-26 helicopter fell
(which was shot down by the Chechen Mujahideen). I honestly tried to
picture a memorial on a minefield. What will it look like? Granite
wreckage mixed with gutta-percha brains? Marble face of Putin
gloomily looking out of a concrete «shitter»? Or a pyramid of victory
made out of skulls of Chechen peaceful civilians, who were brutally
tortured to death by Russian military clique? And God forbid getting
Zurab Tsereteli involved, who was once famous for his stone monsters.
Then Khankala will probably have to witness how a tall statue of
Russian Defense Minister is being erected. Then that idol will be
facing the South depicting the call of one of the Duma jesters (i.e.
Zhirinovsky) to wash tarpaulin boots in the caressing waters of the
Indian Ocean. He will be «threatening the Chechens» with his right
hand clenched in a fist, and he will be gently squeezing the
Constitution of Russian Federation with his left hand. The curl of
those thin evil stone lips will remind of the glorious KGB past of
the giant. That would be a sort of a Statue of Liberty in the Russian
way.
I must say that in Chechnya there are already enough monuments to
killed Russian invaders. I remember how residents of Grozny, who
returned to their homes after they were evacuated during the first
war, were surprised by the number of all sorts of
handmade «memorials»: crosses welded from pipes, little concrete
poles with the names of Russian soldiers, helmets on graves with
holes shot in them. It appeared like the entire Chechen capital
turned into a one big burial ground for the invaders' troops. And not
just the capital alone. There were enough of other examples of
such «architecture of martyrdom»: on the sides of mountain roads, in
gorges and valleys – anywhere where the Mujahideen were working
on «lowering the number of the invaders' group». I think that the
current phase of the war also contributed a lot by multiplying the
number of such monuments to the man-hating policy of Moscow.
Actually, speaking about this subject, you can't help expressing some
concern. Taking into consideration small geographical size of
Chechnya and extremely dynamic activities of the Chechen fighters,
soon there may not be a single spot on the Chechen land where there
will not be a crooked cross with rusty helmet dangling on it. It
reminds me of the footage from the World War II: snow-covered fields
near Stalingrad, endless hillocks over German (and Soviet) graves,
bent hulls of tanks. Looks like our grandsons will also be watching
something similar on TV. By the effort of today's Kremlin leadership
there really will be a lot of Russians left in Chechnya, who will be
scattered all across the Vainakh country: from Dzhokhar to Ulus-Kert,
from Yarish-Marda to Khankala. Somebody will get lucky, and he will
get a separate isolated «flat» one by two meters on the Chechen land,
some will have to move to «communal flats» in mass graves, and some
will still be laying in some forest without «a roof over their
heads», some will be thrown off a helicopter into some faraway
mountain gorges. Lack of housing is a traditionally Russian problem;
it did not even bypass dead Russian invaders.
I don't think after the victory of Muslims and the disgraceful flight
of Russian invaders, these «monuments to the Russian arms» will last
even a day. This army will have too bad of a remembrance left after
them. I would very much like to give a piece of advice to Russian
Defense Minister: Mr. Ivanov, you shouldn't spend public money for
these futile undertakings. You had better spend that money on the
graves for the dead and on prostheses for those who lost their legs.
Although, the KGB man with a sarcastic grin imprinted on his lips
will unlikely to see the fiasco of the present military campaign,
while he is still in the rank of the Defense Minister. Most probably,
when Russian military clique will be defeated, Ivanov will already be
retired, and he will probably be peacefully watering his cucumbers at
his summer residence.
Khamzat Shoto, Kavkaz-Center
2002-08-26 00:52:38
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov stated the other day that a
monument will be erected on the spot where the MI-26 helicopter fell
(which was shot down by the Chechen Mujahideen). I honestly tried to
picture a memorial on a minefield. What will it look like? Granite
wreckage mixed with gutta-percha brains? Marble face of Putin
gloomily looking out of a concrete «shitter»? Or a pyramid of victory
made out of skulls of Chechen peaceful civilians, who were brutally
tortured to death by Russian military clique? And God forbid getting
Zurab Tsereteli involved, who was once famous for his stone monsters.
Then Khankala will probably have to witness how a tall statue of
Russian Defense Minister is being erected. Then that idol will be
facing the South depicting the call of one of the Duma jesters (i.e.
Zhirinovsky) to wash tarpaulin boots in the caressing waters of the
Indian Ocean. He will be «threatening the Chechens» with his right
hand clenched in a fist, and he will be gently squeezing the
Constitution of Russian Federation with his left hand. The curl of
those thin evil stone lips will remind of the glorious KGB past of
the giant. That would be a sort of a Statue of Liberty in the Russian
way.
I must say that in Chechnya there are already enough monuments to
killed Russian invaders. I remember how residents of Grozny, who
returned to their homes after they were evacuated during the first
war, were surprised by the number of all sorts of
handmade «memorials»: crosses welded from pipes, little concrete
poles with the names of Russian soldiers, helmets on graves with
holes shot in them. It appeared like the entire Chechen capital
turned into a one big burial ground for the invaders' troops. And not
just the capital alone. There were enough of other examples of
such «architecture of martyrdom»: on the sides of mountain roads, in
gorges and valleys – anywhere where the Mujahideen were working
on «lowering the number of the invaders' group». I think that the
current phase of the war also contributed a lot by multiplying the
number of such monuments to the man-hating policy of Moscow.
Actually, speaking about this subject, you can't help expressing some
concern. Taking into consideration small geographical size of
Chechnya and extremely dynamic activities of the Chechen fighters,
soon there may not be a single spot on the Chechen land where there
will not be a crooked cross with rusty helmet dangling on it. It
reminds me of the footage from the World War II: snow-covered fields
near Stalingrad, endless hillocks over German (and Soviet) graves,
bent hulls of tanks. Looks like our grandsons will also be watching
something similar on TV. By the effort of today's Kremlin leadership
there really will be a lot of Russians left in Chechnya, who will be
scattered all across the Vainakh country: from Dzhokhar to Ulus-Kert,
from Yarish-Marda to Khankala. Somebody will get lucky, and he will
get a separate isolated «flat» one by two meters on the Chechen land,
some will have to move to «communal flats» in mass graves, and some
will still be laying in some forest without «a roof over their
heads», some will be thrown off a helicopter into some faraway
mountain gorges. Lack of housing is a traditionally Russian problem;
it did not even bypass dead Russian invaders.
I don't think after the victory of Muslims and the disgraceful flight
of Russian invaders, these «monuments to the Russian arms» will last
even a day. This army will have too bad of a remembrance left after
them. I would very much like to give a piece of advice to Russian
Defense Minister: Mr. Ivanov, you shouldn't spend public money for
these futile undertakings. You had better spend that money on the
graves for the dead and on prostheses for those who lost their legs.
Although, the KGB man with a sarcastic grin imprinted on his lips
will unlikely to see the fiasco of the present military campaign,
while he is still in the rank of the Defense Minister. Most probably,
when Russian military clique will be defeated, Ivanov will already be
retired, and he will probably be peacefully watering his cucumbers at
his summer residence.
Khamzat Shoto, Kavkaz-Center
2002-08-26 00:52:38