Besides Armenia and Belarus, other former Soviet Union countries teach history in nationalist interpretationDecember 1, 2009 - 14:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Interpretation of the general history of Russia and peoples of post-soviet states in school history textbooks of newly independent states" report was presented on December 1 in Moscow. As the press office of the State Duma RF, the report is written with support of Russia's National Laboratory of Foreign Policy and based on the research funded by the "National Club" Fund. 187 history school books and teaching aids of 12 countries of the former Soviet Union have been translated and studied, 5 scientific conferences with more than 150 scientists, historians, social scientists and political scientists of the former USSR have been held. Large-scale surveys have been conducted in countries to assess the images of the past in public consciousness. As the studies revealed, besides Armenia and Belarus, other former Soviet Union countries teach nationalist interpretation history, based on myths about the antiquity of its people, the high cultural mission of the ancestors and the "sworn enemy" . A common feature of school textbooks is a desire of new nation-states to represent relationships with Russians and Russia as a source of disasters. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |