Shutov, A.D. Distortion of history: falsifi ed demands.

Abstract: The entire history of Russian state is endless fi ght for independence against the attacks of powerful enemies, dreaming of overcoming it. From the XIII century on Russia was a subject to devastating attacks in every century, and in XX century one can see a number of intervention and ruinous wars. In many confl icts Russia was on the verge of fall, but every time it was victorious and national understanding and self-consciousness of the people were supported by it. In the XV century the Russians destroyed the Mongolian Tatar yoke, in the XVII century the yoke of the Polish occupants, who dreamt of making the Moscow Kremlin the residence of the Polish kings. At later times the Western haters of Russia in envy to its riches used any case to attack Russia. At the time of Mongol-Tatar yoke the Western aggressors, such as Poland, Lithuania, Sweden, supported by Vatican and using the diffi cult situation in Russia attempted to take away Western and North-Western territories from Russia and to introduce Catholicism there. Wise commander Great Prince Alexander Nevsky overcame innumerable diffi culties and managed to keep Russia, however ruined, within its traditional boundaries. In 1812 the French Emperor Napoleon decided to achieve great glory by taking Russia, however him and his armies were kicked out of Russia, and his place in history became not one of great leader, but one of a military adventurist.

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