On the network you can find a sharp statement on the topic of the war about the war attributed to the famous director and writer. We checked whether Vasily Shukshin said this.

The phrase allegedly uttered by Shukshin in the early 1970s sounds like this: “I still determined who the front-line soldier and who was the rat. The first awards were not worn, they drank silently on the 8th and 9th [May] ... and rats for schools in orders, and about their exploits in newspapers. Now rarely where you will meet a front -line soldier ... "

This statement has gained great popularity in social networks. In particular, two publications on Facebook in the group "Turn around»In total, more than 8,000 reposts were gained, and on the project page"Immortal hut" - more than 800. Tweet from the account"Pestanent Roissy»Understood more than 900 users, and the publication of the channel"Russian noun»About 143,000 people read in Telegram. One of them was the daughter of film director Maria Shukshina, who shared post In your channel. Quote can be found as in online collectors of aphorisms (Aphorism.ru, Citaty.info), and on the aggregators of memes ("Aidaprikol"). In recent years, this statement has been often used to illustrate the relationship of one or another person to the solemn and pathetic celebration of dates related to the war.

Soviet writer, film director and actor Vasily Shukshin was born In 1929 in the village of Tosty in Altai. The boy was not yet three years old when he was left without a father, who was arrested on a far -fetched charge and soon Shot. In 1942, the stepfather died in the war. Two years later, 15-year-old Vasily, having graduated from the seventh grade, entered the technical school, but quickly quit his studies to do work and somehow feed his family, so the future director ran into adult life early. This to a certain extent contradicts the words about the Malta, because even on the first anniversary of the Victory, in May 1946, Shukshin was almost 17.

In addition, the mention of May 8 is perplexed. Yes, on this day in many European countries It is noted The anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, since at the time of its entry into force its surrender the clock showed 23:01 in the Middle European time. By that time, in the USSR, on that time, on May 9, and decreeSubjected the day before, announced this day the holiday. So no on May 8 in the USSR was subsequently officially noted; There is no information about unofficial traditions of celebration.

Finally, by the time Shukshin’s death in 1974, the main part of war veterans was at the age of 50-60, that is, these people were actively involved in public life and worked In various fields, and the country at that time was headed by the front -line soldier Brezhnev. Therefore, the words “now you rarely meet the front -line soldier” for that time sound at least strange.

Nevertheless, all this does not mean that Vasily Shukshin in theory could not pronounce such a phrase. However, "verified" did not find it in a six -volume Collected works writer, nor in memories other people about Shukshin, not a few biographical books, not in individual interview. There is no quote in publications digitized by the project "Google Books".

The earliest references to quotes on the Internet are in the spring of 2016. The most noteworthy case can be considered article Soviet dissident German Obukhov, published on Radio Liberty on May 8. Even earlier, on the night of April 30 (apparently, in the process of preparing an article), Obukhov published a quote in his Facebook. The same night they began to spread it Other users, and the next evening she already got to the site Citaty.info. In response to the question “verified”, from where Obukhov took this quote, the former political prisoner found it difficult to name the source, answering only: “He also took from the Internet, possibly a day earlier.” At least today it is the publication of Obukhov in social networks - the very first case of the use of this phrase we know.

Moreover, at least from Two interview Vasily Shukshin, on the set of the film “They Fought for the Motherland,” it follows that he treated the memory of the war not only with Petit, but even with some moderate pathos. Shukshin himself once celebrated Victory Day at the same table with the real Bryansk partisan and with interest listened to his stories about the war. At the same time, the writer toldthat in his native village on May 9 they celebrated quietly, like the day of sorrow, and the hero of one of his works, although a veteran of war, really loved to boast of feats that were not there. Therefore, it is difficult to make an unambiguous conclusion about Shukshin’s attitude to the bright celebration of Victory Day.

Given the above, the attribution of the popular quote about front -line soldiers Vasily Shukshin looks unreasonable - apparently, the phrase appeared in 2016. Interestingly, five years later, his daughter Maria Shukshina, many popular media attributed Another quote - the actress allegedly refused to celebrate May 9, "because all this for our state turned out to be a farce." However, then It turned outthat this was only a commentary on one of her subscribers, which Shukshina reported in her Telegram channel.

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