April's nostalgic reminder alarm
Apr. 22nd, 2008 06:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valkyriezaToday's date has been bugging me somewhat. Something was subtly trying to get my attention when I wrote the date on couple of documents I had to sign. When I got home, one of the Russian channels was listing the cultural events that happened that day, also important people's birthdays and memorable films that started today. Then it hit me, today's Lenin's birthday. When I was growing up, it was almost as important to know his birthday as today's kids recognition of the names of the South African sports teams.
If USSR still existed, it would have been a time for demonstrations along the Red Square carrying his pictures and pictures of other leaders of October revolution. Kids would have been required to write poems and stories about the Vladimir Lenin and everything at workplaces would be decked out in cheerful decorations or it would be a public holiday altogether.
When I was growing up, learning of this date was one of the most important education facts in school. Now, I feel old and somewhat nostalgic for the times, when learning the names and birthdays of Communist Party leaders was compulsory. I suppose childhood memories really are seen through rose-coloured glasses later on.
Today, his birthday did not even get mentioned on the program or anywhere else on Russian TV, much less the overseas media. Times change.
If USSR still existed, it would have been a time for demonstrations along the Red Square carrying his pictures and pictures of other leaders of October revolution. Kids would have been required to write poems and stories about the Vladimir Lenin and everything at workplaces would be decked out in cheerful decorations or it would be a public holiday altogether.
When I was growing up, learning of this date was one of the most important education facts in school. Now, I feel old and somewhat nostalgic for the times, when learning the names and birthdays of Communist Party leaders was compulsory. I suppose childhood memories really are seen through rose-coloured glasses later on.
Today, his birthday did not even get mentioned on the program or anywhere else on Russian TV, much less the overseas media. Times change.
