#decolonize russia

[thenuclearmallard]

It's time to stop misusing the word. This was posted by @actually.Caucasian on Instagram.

#indigenous #culture #indigenous russia #indigenous russian #important #russia #fypシ #fypage #colonization #landback #land back #decolonize russia #decolonize #decolonisation #decolonialism #real caucasian #caucasian is not white #caucasus #caucasian #the caucasity #Stolen #fypツ #important videos #indigenous art #indigenous rights #indigenous people

[sophiemariepl]

The fact that there are the so-called “anti-imperialists” and “leftists” out there, who do zero research on the situation of the Indigenous people in Russia and then dare say that Indigenous activists like Yana Tannagasheva are neo-liberal American spies, just because they received de@th threats from the FSB just for fighting for their basic rights, is just appalling.

Like, a literal gen0cide of hundreds of nations, cultures and languages is funny to them. The same thing that happened to the Indigenous people in the Americas is funny to them, because it is not being done by the US. This is the real face of a large portion of leftist internet activism, or so it seems. What is leftist in cheering for people being illegally drafted and killed for a colonial empire’s war?

Like, WTF is wrong with those people.

#russian colonialism #russian imperialism #tankies gotta tank #tankies #tankies rob people off their voice and stories #indigenous russia #indigenous russian #indigenous rights #russian war on ukraine #russo ukrainian war #ukraine #russia’s invasion of ukraine #russia #siberia #caucasus moutains #central asia #decolonize russia

[nonrussian]

Farewell, Kalmyk land! 1993 Прощай, земля калмыцкая! 1993

Artist Grigory Bembeev In memory of the deportation of the Kalmyks

#mongolic #non-russian #indigenous russian #indigenous russia #Kalmykia #Калмыкия #Kalmyks culture #Культура Калмыки #colonization #decolonize #russian imperialism #русский империализм #artist

[justajoshe]

#russia #break up of russia #break up #video essay #documentary #current events #ukraine #news #indigenous #politics #war #land back #decolonize #ethics #tough conversations #Youtube

[xtruss]

‘Africa Is Fighting, Africa Will Win’: How Soviet Art Supported the Decolonization of the ‘Dark Continent’

The liberation of Africa from the oppression of Western colonizers in the 1960s became one of the main themes of Soviet propaganda posters

In the second half of the 20th century, the African continent lived through its own ‘parade of sovereignties.’ In 1960 alone, 17 new nations gained independence in what was formerly colonial Africa. While remaining economically dependent on Europe, the former colonies fought for political independence. The USSR tried to provide them with as much assistance as possible and in fact initiated the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples at the 15th session of the UN General Assembly. At that time, a point appeared in the Program of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the main strategic policy document of the country, stating that “the national liberation movement is one of the main anti-imperialist forces.”

In addition to providing diplomatic, economic, and military assistance to anti-colonial movements in Africa, the USSR also made use of propaganda. From images of a black slave breaking shackles, to depictions of an international union of workers of all skin colors, and the black population shown groaning under the oppression of white colonizers, African themes became an integral part of Soviet propaganda posters.

At the second Russia-Africa Summit, which opened in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, the pavilions were decorated with Soviet posters exploring the decolonization of the African continent. Below, we’ve assembled some of the most interesting images.

Top Left: The creator of this poster is acclaimed Soviet artist Viktor Koretsky, who made over 40 emotionally charged posters during the Second World War. In the 1960s, the struggle against colonialism in Africa became one of his main themes. The inscription on this poster says, “Freedom to all nations of Africa!”

Top Right: One of the first posters showing the struggle of African nations against Western colonizers was created in 1960 by a group of Soviet graphic artists known as Kukryniksy.The image of a black man who strangles his former oppressor with broken chains is accompanied by an inscription that says, “The nations of Africa will rein in colonizers!”

Bottom: This poster, also by Koretsky created in the style of socialist realism, shows a black man breaking the shackles that bind him. The inscription says, “Africa is fighting, Africa will win!”

Top: Another poster by Koretsky depicts a black man who received a paper from Western countries promising “aid to underdeveloped countries.” However, glancing back, he sees how the same hands that gave him the paper are trying to steal from a basket inscribed with the words “natural resources.” The inscription reads “Neocolonialism is the plunder of nations.”

Bottom Left: The conflict between the oppressors and the oppressed was not the only theme that emerged in Soviet posters of the time. Artists often explored the constructive side of decolonization. For example, this poster is by Soviet-Armenian painter Eduard Artsrunyan, a major figure in modern Armenian art. The work was created at the very beginning of his career, shortly after he graduated from the Institute of Art. The image of a young African man ready to build a happy future in his homeland is accompanied by the inscription, “Africa is building. Africa will win!”

Bottom Right: Artsrunyan created another poster on the same theme two years later, in 1965. This one features an African mother – another popular image for Soviet artists. “Out of darkness and slavery – to freedom, to happiness,” says the inscription.

Left: This poster, created by the artist couple Vladimir and Irina Kalensky in 1961, was dedicated to the parade of sovereignties on the African continent. The inscription on the poster, which shows a black girl bearing the flags of the newly formed nations, says, “The wind of freedom is blowing over Africa!”

Middle: This 1960 poster, made by artists Oleg Maslyakov and Efim Tsvik, also avoids direct political slogans. Instead, it looks forward to a new beginning for the African continent as it awakens from its colonial slumber. “Good morning, Africa,” reads the inscription.

Right: A work by Nina Vatolina, the creator of the famous Soviet poster “Don't chatter”, picks up the theme of the previous poster five years later in 1965. The inscription reads “We live in a free Africa!”

Top: Some of the works of Soviet graphic artists were devoted to prominent figures of the African liberation movement. For example, this one by Viktor Koretsky is dedicated to the memory of the independence fighter and first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba, who was killed in 1961. Lumumba is shown against the silhouette of the African continent and with the same silhouette in his heart. It is accompanied by the inscription, “He carried Africa in his heart.”

Bottom Left: Many poster artists drew parallels between the October Revolution in Russia and the liberation movement in Africa. For example, this 1969 poster by Vasily Boldyrev shows a young black man with a rifle illuminated by the light of the Soviet cruiser Aurora – one of the main symbols of the Russian Revolution. “The Great Lenin has illuminated our path,” reads the inscription.

Bottom Right: Lumumba is also mentioned in a work by poster artist Vadim Volikov titled ‘Hold the colonizers to account!’ It shows African and Arab liberation fighters with a Russian proletarian. Together, they threaten a serviceman clutching a blood-covered knife and bearing the inscription “colonialism" on his helmet. The fighters against colonialism hold posters in three languages, which proclaim:

– We mourn for Lumumba, Africa must live, Remove Hammarskjöld! – [Arabic] Down with colonialism, victory to the peoples! – [Russian] Down with colonialism, free Africa!

Top: Many poster artists drew parallels between the October Revolution in Russia and the liberation movement in Africa. For example, this 1969 poster by Vasily Boldyrev shows a young black man with a rifle illuminated by the light of the Soviet cruiser Aurora – one of the main symbols of the Russian Revolution. “The Great Lenin has illuminated our path,” reads the inscription.

Bottom: This work created jointly by Viktor Koretsky and Yuri Kershin in 1967 shows an African independence fighter as a mirror image of a Russian proletarian revolutionary. The poster bears a quote from the theses adopted by the Central Committee of the USSR’s Communist Party for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution:

​​”The Great October Socialist Revolution dealt a severe blow to the entire system of imperialist colonial rule, and became a powerful stimulus for the development of the national liberation movement.”

The inscription states, “The chains are breaking – this is an echo of our revolution!”

Left: This work by Vladimir Menshikov belongs to the late school of Soviet poster art – it was created in 1980, when the Cold War had entered a new stage of tension. The man depicted in the lower left-hand corner holds a flag with the inscription “Give us freedom!” The image is accompanied by a Poem:

The time of retribution is coming,

The flames of battle flare up;

Throwing off the despised load from their shoulders,

Slaves gain freedom

Middle: This 1967 poster by Soviet and Russian artist of Azerbaijani origin Vilen Karakashev shows the irreversibility of the anti-colonial movement in Africa. “You cannot extinguish the dawn of freedom!” the poster says.

Right: A poster by artist Nikolay Smolyak from 1961 depicts a young African man ‘shoveling out’ a colonialist, who leaves behind footprints bearing the words “slavery, robbery, hunger and terror” on African soil. The inscription says,“Colonialism has NO place on Earth!”

Left: In the USSR, the campaign supporting the African struggle against Western colonial powers was backed not only by individual artists, but also by various publications. For example, this is the cover of the September 1960 issue of the satirical magazine ‘Crocodile’. “Clear out!” says a dark-skinned young man with a broom, banishing Western oppressors from his continent.

Middle: A similar theme is explored by Alexander Vyaznikov and Vasily Fomichev in a poster created in 1972. It is accompanied by a Poem:

Old-school colonizers

As well as modern ones

Should all be sent to the dump

Such is their fate!

Right: The political regime in South Africa, where the Apartheid system even outlasted the USSR, came in for particularly sharp criticism by Soviet artists. In this poster by Eduard Artsrunyan, a black man is trying to break chains that resemble the borders of South Africa. “Colonialism is doomed!” says the inscription.

A 1978 poster titled ‘The Grin of Racism’ by artist Fyodor Nelyubin touches on the same theme. He portrays an embittered colonizer whose sinister smile spells out the words “apartheid” and “genocide.” The work is accompanied by a Short Poem:

In this deadly fight he won’t retain

His old colonial ways!

Another work by Nelyubin, painted in the same year, ridicules the unwillingness of Western imperialists to understand the hostile attitude demonstrated towards them by Africa’s local population. The poster titled ‘Black Ingratitude’ is accompanied by a Poem:

Malicious alarm spreads in the racist camps

Foster is angry, indignant is Smith:

We’ve done so much for the Blacks

But all they shout is “Down with apartheid!”

— By Georgiy Berezovsky, Vladikavkaz-based Journalist | RT | 26 July, 2023

#Africa #Soviet Union – USSR #Dark Continent #Decolonization #Libration #Libration of Africa #Western Colonizers #Soviet Propaganda Posters #20th Century #Parade of Sovereignties #UN General Assembly #Russia-Africa Summit #St. Petersburg

[vasilinaorlova]

#Russia #Ukraine #China #US #decolonization

[seraymerichateblog]

people really get legitimately triggered by communism huh. like even in supposed leftist spaces they just instantly start shitting themselves about russia and china

#if you read anything about the ‘decolonization’ of africa you can see how scared the west was of african militias trained by russia and chin #communism cannot even be Considered bc of russia and china #and not because the capitalist interests at work want to keep it that way

[jadasakura]

#tiktok #decolonize #anti imperialism #youtube #russia #anti conquista

[76historylover]

does anyone have any sources on ruzzian colonialization/imperialization? i want to learn more about what ruzzia as a "nation" has done.

#crapaleksposts #crapalekssays #russia is a terrorist state #ruzzia #history #historyblr #decolonize #decolonialism #decolonisation #slava ukraini #as someone who was born in that “country” and was adopted at a young age and doesn't know anything about the history of ruzzia #this is incredibly important to me as an individual #i want to be an ally to people who have suffered through so much #to build a better future #because it's the right thing to do #because ruzzia needs to cease to exist #to try and heal #i understand completely if people don't trust me because of where i come from #or even hate me #but i hope that i'll learn the true history of this blood soaked “nation” #decolonization #russia #poccnr #fuck putin

[draakart]

On the 19th, the Kamal Adwan Hospital was bulldozed by the Israelis while injured patients were still inside. They were buried alive. Now their decaying bodies, crushed beneath the rubble, feed starving cats.

The end of the year is in sight, but there is no rest for those trapped in Gaza, millions forced into an open-air prison camp with no food, water, power nor medicine. They are ravaged by disease and bombed by the 'Most Moral Army in the World'. Their hospitals are collapsing and no aid is being let in by the fascist Israeli state They are packed in like sardines, at a density of 6000 per km2, six times as many as in Beijing and fifteen times as many as in Sydney. It is one of the most densely populated places in the world and there is no way in nor out. Since October, over 20,000 people have been brutalised and slaughtered by the self-righteous and western-backed State of Israel. That's more civilians than the years-long war between Russia and Ukraine. And half of these are children. Australia, the USA, the UK and other governments of the so-called free world are ardent in their support of Israel. They do not represent the will of the people. Governments never do. It is up to us to force their hand. Our siblings, our brothers and sisters in Gaza have no choice but to resist. It is up to us to show up and be there for them.

Here is how to help them:

Attend rallies and protests. Show your discontent with your government, which needs to keep up the lie that it represents the will of the masses

Organise within your union. This has the potential to be the most devastating to the Israeli State. International industrial action in the way of boycotts and refusing services to Israel will quickly cripple and cause the State to fold

Boycott Israeli products. Check out Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Palestine. Search it up or click the top link in my Carrd

Donate to the Red Crescent and other organisations providing aid to Palestine

Educate yourself. An excellent site is Decolonize Palestine. Second link in my Carrd, or just search it up

Educate those around you It's the least we can do. From the River to the Sea! It is important to remember that Israel does not represent Jews or Judaism, despite how hard Israel has worked to blur the lines between the Jewish identity and their extermination project. Zionism=/=Judaism. Anti-zionism is good, antisemitism is not.

#gaza #palestine #free palestine #merry christmas #artists on tumblr #digital art #illustration #blood #blood cw #gore #gore cw #death #death cw #implied death #guns #tanks #jets #2023 #draakart #my art #fully prepared for this to be censored #idk how tunglr has been with palestine lately #anyone being antisemitic in my notes will be blocked and reported. you are not welcome here scumbag #same goes for zionist bootlickers #fuck off

[thenuclearmallard]

There's been an idea to create a t-shirt design to bring awareness to the Indigenous people of Siberia/Russia. The symbol used will be a pattern that is commonly used and individualized by different tribes as an honor of spiritualism. I'll post a picture below.

The t-shirt will be in blood red color and will have the words "Decolonize and Deescalate" on it. A couple of Indigenous people came up with the idea and the design and it's in the works.

It's time for the Indigenous people to finally be seen and heard.

#indigenous #culture #indigenous russia #indigenous russian #important #russia #fypシ #fypage #colonization #landback #decolonize russia #decolonize #deescalation #indigenous rights #indigenous people #siberian indigenous #indigenous siberian #siberian #awareness

[probablyasocialecologist]

In Palestine, Sephardic, Mizrahi and orthodox Ashkenazi Jews were integral parts of the indigenous population. Native Palestinian Jews shared not only the Arabic language with the Arab Palestinians but also memories, cultural traditions, customs and sense of belonging and relations to the land. From the Palestinian perspective, Jews living in the region were merely another religious community. Having no experience with European nationalism, they could not understand, or accept, the idea that Jews were a national group which claimed exclusive “ownership” over their own country – particularly Jews living in Russia, Poland, Britain and the US. The enmity that has existed for the past 125 years between European Jewish settlers and the Arabs of Palestine does not arise from some historic or religious enmity between the two peoples. Rather, it stems from the colonial practices of Zionism and the resistance to Zionist displacement on the part of the Palestinians.

Jeff Halper, Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism, and the Case for One Democratic State

#palestine #history #jewish #zionism

[nonrussian]

In Memoriam Albert Razin Design: István Orosz, Budakeszi, Hungary

In 2019, philosopher Albert Razin set himself on fire in protest against the language policy of the Russian government and the oppression of Uralic languages such as Udmurt. The poster “In memoriam Albert Razin” commemorates this act and makes an unequivocal statement with its stark motif: illustrated tongues, torn out and nailed to a grey background, hanging above signs bearing the names of Uralic languages, blood splattered across the entire surface of the poster. This representation creates a powerful image of the conflict and calls uncompromisingly for this issue to be addressed.

#non-russian #indigenous russian #indigenous russia #colonization #decolonize #russian imperialism #Finno-Ugric #Udmurtia #Удмуртия #Khanty–Mansia #Mansi #Манси #Khanty #Ханты #Mordovia #Erzya #Эрзя #Moksha #Мокша #Mari #Мари #Komi #Коми #hungarian #estonian #finnish #hungary #finland #estonia #artist

[azhdakha]

Seeing the same people that now are dead ass Palestine supporters and radical decolonizers and remembering how literally last year they all denied the genocide of Ukrainians and justified russian occupations claiming that Ukrainians are all nazis and russia has a right to protect itself and clean Ukraine from nazis:

#azhdakha

[blachernaepalace]

every map of a "decolonized" russia is so fucking funny because its all nations that are either 1. too poor to be anything but client states 2. non-existent or 3. literally invented by nazi propaganda

[vasilinaorlova]

#decolonization #Russia #Ukraine