Commentary in italics by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
Text from a V Kontakte post
[ColonelCassad] I watched the video of the respected Oleg Kulov and Svyatoslav Ershov. (here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI4gj-R54sY ) It was, as always, funny and interesting. However, I can't help adding. The fact is that in the video of Lyadov, which his colleagues had the misfortune to watch, the unfortunate intellectuals are mentioned, squeezed out by the bloody gebny from the Land of Soviets.
Allegedly, the country's intellectual elite was first characterized by the evil Lenin as "shit", and later put on barges and [flooded] sent into exile. Two "philosophical steamboats" are named and subsequent "philosophical trains" are mentioned. Note that the Best People in the Country were sent on a mandatory cruise at the end of 1922.
Lyadov names a whole heap of affected geniuses expelled to European taxi companies. Let's go through the list and check.
1) Writer Ivan Bunin. LIE, on the philosophical ship was not. He escaped from Odessa on a ship, fearing the advancing Red Army. There was something to be afraid of, Bunin actively worked in the OSVAG (that is, he was actually an employee of the "department" of propaganda of the White Army). It's funny that the description of Bunin's "exile" is illustrated by an animation of a train ride. Those are about Bunin lies literally in everything, even in small things.
2) Composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff. LIE, on the philosophical ship was not. He did not accept the revolution and calmly left at the beginning of 1918.
3) The artist Wassily Kandinsky. LIES. Until 1914 he lived in Europe for about 18 years, mostly in Germany. Because of the outbreak of the war, he was forced to leave the country as a citizen of Russia. After the Revolution, he became one of the most important Soviet officials in the field of culture. Being a cultural official means always being the center of disapproving attention of hundreds of very creative people. Kandinsky could not stand the quarrel with his colleagues and went back to Germany to friends and associates at the end of 1921.
4) Composer Sergei Prokofiev. LIES. Prokofiev, being an extremely sought-after composer, toured a lot and enjoyed great fame. Logically, he did not like the devastation of 1917 and he decided to dump it. But, he did NOT spoil relations with the Soviet authorities, he remained apolitical, and when he got tired of traveling, he finally settled in the USSR. Where he lived from 1936 until his death.
5) The artist Marc Chagall. LIES. In 1922 he left for the then independent Lithuania. Well, at least in the year in which the "philosophical ships" set off. But no one kicked Chagall out. He left on his own with his family. Considering that a well-known art dealer played a big role in this matter, the artist simply left for where he was better off.
6) Konstantin Balmont. LIES. He left in 1920 with his family. Prior to that, he enjoyed the support of Lunacharsky. There was no support in exile, and Balmont lived in poverty, even beggarly.
7) Engineer Vladimir Zworykin. LIES. Worked for Kolchak. In the autumn of 1919 he was in New York on the instructions of the Kolchak government. There he met the fall of this government and decided not to return. The Kolchak officer decided not to go to Soviet Russia after the fall of Kolchak. Incredible!
8) Poet Alexander Vertinsky. LIES. Fled from the Crimea in November 1920. Later he explained this by "youthful carelessness." Since the second half of the 1930s, he has been actively trying to return to the USSR. In 1943, he finally succeeds. In the USSR, he actively performs and acts in films.
9) Singer Fyodor Chaliapin. LIES. Since July 1922, he was the first to receive the title of "People's Artist of the Republic" (!) On tour in the USA. Nobody kicked him out of Russia. He himself did not announce his move either. But the tour dragged on for a very long time. In 1927, Chaliapin was deprived of both the title of "People's Artist" and his passport.
10) Writer Alexander Kuprin. LIES. Worked for the White Army. He stepped back with her. In 1937 he returned.
In summary: Of all the victims of the “philosophical ships” named by Lyadov, NOBODY was not only on these ships, but was not expelled from Russia at all.
Why? Everything is simple. The real Philosophical ships are “philosophical” for that, that they took away from the country, in the vast majority, philosophizing balabols, the benefits of which are zero. One whining about "lost Russia".
https://vk.com/wall-202099194_632- zinc
The most interesting thing is that the lists of passengers of "philosophical ships" are not a secret and are in a couple of clicks. But this is if we strive for historical accuracy. But if the task is to screw up shit about the "unfortunate country", then such trifles should not stop the fighters for freedom and democracy in Russia.Now we also see a kind of "philosophical" and "creative "steamboats" that carry away the "best people" from Russia away from THIS country.
As then, so now - not those who left, but those who remained are of value.