A discussion on the 20th Century. Chronicle of Wars, Revolutions and Conflicts has taken place on November 12 in the Russian Center of the European Slavic Literature and Culture Foundation in Bratislava. The discussion was timed to coincide the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
The discussion was based on factual materials and illustrations of the book named Russia. 20th Century. A Brief Chronicle of Wars, Revolutions and Conflicts written by the President of European Slavic Literature and Culture Foundation, Professor Igor Bondarenko in collaboration with Russian journalist Dmitry Klimov. This edition interested Russian compatriot from Banska Bystrica, the historian Valery Lebedev.
He made a brief presentation of his view on the epochal events of the 20th century - the Russian revolution, two world wars, the formation of postwar blocs and their disintegration, the current international position of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the role of the USSR and Russia in these events. Particular attention was paid to the interpretation of the Munich Agreement of 1938 which concerned the division of Czechoslovakia. Long-term work with historical archives and the memories of eyewitnesses to the events made it possible to develop his own view of many controversial assessments of events.
The discussion participants were interested to learn about the peculiarities of the coverage of these events in the modern Czech and Slovak media, about the growing interest in Russia in recent years, about the dialectic of views on the events of the Czech spring of 1968.
A special role of the discussion participants was assigned to books that are devoted to the Great Patriotic War, the history of the Cossacks, chronicles of wars and revolutions which are available in the library of the Russian Center.
At the end of the discussion, the historian Valery Lebedev was presented with books autographed by the authors. He accepted them with words of sincere gratitude.
Russkiy Mir
