Monday, December 29, 2008

RUSSIANS VOTE ON "GREATEST RUSSIAN"... AND THE WINNER IS...

NEVSKY AT NUMBER ONE IS COMMON WITH MOST RUSSIANS...BUT NEVSKY DID NOT REALLY BEAT THE SWEDES OR THE MONGOLS...ALTHOUGH HE WAS THE FIRST GRAND DUKE TO STAND UP TO THE MONGOLS...

STALIN AT # 3. LENIN # 6. AND IVAN THE TERRIBLE # 10. LENIN IS THE ONLY ONE WHOSE STATUES ARE STILL STANDING...

PETER THE GREAT, ONLY NUMBER 5...? WHICH CLEARLY SHOWS THAT RUSSIANS ARE AS AHISTORICAL AS AMERICANS... PETER THE GREAT WAS BY FAR THE GREATEST OF ALL RUSSIANS.

CONSIDERING THAT RUSSIAN WAS AN AUTOCRACY FOR MUCH OF IT'S HISTORY...ONLY THE CZARS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR "GREATNESS"...

MOST "GREAT" RUSSIAN WRITERS WERE UKRAINIANS...OR "LITTLE RUSSIANS" AS THEY WERE CALLED...BUT CENSORSHIP WAS CONSTANT FOR MOST OF RUSSIA'S HISTORY.

PUSHKIN AT NUMBER 4 IS THE NUMBER ONE WRITER TO MOST RUSSIANS TODAY... CATHERINE THE GREAT AT 11 IS A BIT UNFAIR...AS SHE REALLY CEMENTED PETER I's REFORMS...AND MADE REVERSION BACK TO THE MEDIEVEL "OLD WAYS" IMPOSSIBLE FOR RUSSIA.

1. Александр Невский
2. П.А. Столыпин
3. И.В. Сталин
4. А.С. Пушкин
5. Петр I
6. В.И. Ленин
7. Ф.М. Достоевский
8. А.В. Суворов
9. Д.И. Менделеев
10. Иван IV Грозный
11. Екатерина II
12. Александр II

TOP 500 CLICK HERE