The symbol of the red poppy and St. George ribbon is perceived differently by three generations of Ukrainian citizens: veterans, their children and grandchildren; Red poppy "will win" in this "war" thanks to the "Maidan" generation.

This opinion was expressed to the "Observer" by the head of the department of the Institute of History of Ukraine, NASU Stanislav Kulchytsky.

"The red poppy and the St. George ribbon are, so to speak, symbols of a certain category of people. To raise the question of who will win means to raise the question of whether Ukraine will be an independent and sovereign state, whether everything will remain the same as it was under the Soviet regime, "he said..

According to the historian, conditionally Ukrainian society can be divided into three generations, the attitude of which to the Victory symbols is also different. "The first generation is a generation of veterans of the Great Patriotic War, which is already leaving. If you look at the veterans who are taking part today in the celebration of the Victory Day, it is mostly internal troops of the 1950s that fought, for example, with Bandera in the west of Ukraine and so on. Real people who fought on the fronts and are still alive, there is very little left, "Kulchytsky stated..

"The next generation is imbued with Soviet propaganda. Most of his life he lived in the Soviet Union. It's very difficult to change their psychology, mentality and even language, "he continued..

And, finally, "the third generation are those who in 1991 were children, that is already born in a new world that are abroad". "I call this generation" Maidan ", because it not only took an active part in revolutions, it made the Orange Revolution and ten years later - the Revolution of Dignity," said the historian.

"If we take this section of generations and then return to the question of what will win - the St. George ribbon or red poppy - then of course, the red poppy will win, because the old generations are leaving, the new ones are born,. This is the law of life, "he predicted..

Answering the question of the "Observer" how to react to people using the "Colorado" attributes, Kulchitsky remarked: "If we are talking about propaganda, if we are talking about the organizational efforts that are being spent on this, we need to fight against this - the means for this there is. If these are just beliefs, how can this be combated in a democratic state? ".

"If you see a man with a" Colorado "tape, you just have to twist your temple - and that's enough.

This is a challenge, but with these challenges it is necessary to fight with civilized methods, "he added..

As the "Observer" wrote, historian Andrei Kholyavka earlier said: St. George's ribbon today is a symbol of separatism, aggression and aggressive Ukrainophobia; People who put this sign on themselves, thus show that they will at the first opportunity take up arms against the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people.

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