Interpreting The History

Original: Interpreting The History

Different interpretation of historical events is THE TOPIC when it comes to Russia. I personally have been witnessing how Russians are teaching Georgian history.  This time I am not going to speak about Georgia but Baltic States. Actually it's not me who will tell you about this, but Povilas Žielys in his opinion column for Baltische Rundschau. About the slaves and slaveholders from the Eastern Baltic countries - headlined his article Povilas Žielys arguing that Cardinally different interpretations of historic events are the key obstacle hindering good relationship between Lithuania and Russia.
source: http://www.baltische-rundschau.eu
These thoughts emerged after having read A. Fomenka‘s article „Eastern European Countries as the Russian Problem“ published in the magazine Meždunarodnaja žiznj.

It altic republics after the World War I is especially „interesting“. According to A. Fomenka, the will of the Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians to seek independence was „nearly exceptionally“ related to the fear of bolsheviks; moreover, the Baltic States established their statehood only because they were not able to resist the bolsheviks.

Besides, A. Fomenka considers the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop pact as „the masterpiece of diplomacy of that period“ and refers to the membership of the Baltic States in the European Union as a greatly doubtful issue.

Having provided his own „portrayal“ of the history of the Baltic States, A. Fomenka started blackmailing the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian nations. He tries to prove that these nations used periods of independence for ethnic cleansings. According to A. Fomenka, during the interwar period the Germans residing in the Baltic countries suffered most of all, since they we g the neighboring countries. The