Many Russians were astounded yesterday morning, when reading in the news that during searches conducted in the residences of the former Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Dmitry Bulgakov, who was arrested on charges of corruption on 26th of July, a small number of very bizarre frames and paintings were found.
The historically true: Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies Mikhail Kutuzov at 'the Council in Fili', 1812
The mystically allegorical: Sergei Shoigu, former Minister of Defense of Russia and currently Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation as an atemporal replica of General Kutuzov
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Brief description and possible
parallels
III. Shoigu's lengthy tenure
exceeded by far that of President Putin
IV. Long 'reigns' come with
indulgence in corruption and extravagance
V. An attempt to inculpate or a
mystical allegory?
VI. Appendices
Содержание
I. Введение
II. Краткое
описание и возможные параллели
III. Длительное
правление Шойгу намного превзошло президентство президента Путина
IV. Длительное
«правление» сопровождается потворством коррупции и расточительству
V. Попытка
инкриминировать или мистическая аллегория?
VI. Приложения
I. Introduction
The most mysterious of those
paintings is based on a historical painting, which was created by the famous
19th c. Russian painter Aleksey Kivshenko (1851-1895) in 1879, and known as
'the Council in Fili'. This great masterpiece of Modern Russian Art represents
the artist's impression of a historical event, namely a military council that took
place (1812) in a suburb of Moscow, prior to Napoleon's temporary occupation of
the Russian city (14 September – 19 October 1812). The extraordinary summit
occurred immediately after the Battle of Borodino, which was a Pyrrhic victory
for the French army.
Created 67 years after the event,
the painting had an enormous success; Kivshenko, who was already known for his
numerous, fascinating works and representations of significant historical
events of the Russian past, had to repeat the painting twice, which clearly
means that his artwork generated an overwhelming and exceptional enthusiasm.
This situation was basically due to the primordial importance of the historical
event.
The Commander-in-Chief of the
Russian armies, Infantry General Mikhail Golenishchev-Kutuzov had then to take
a most critical decision: the orderly retreat of the Russian army from Moscow.
The meeting (13 September 1812), which is known through several historical
sources, started with the dilemma formulated by General Leonty Bennigsen,
namely to give battle against the French army in an unfavorable position or to
surrender. Kutuzov sided finally with the minority opinion and took the
decision to abandon Moscow, which was finally proven correct, because Napoleon
could not hold his position for long.
Then, how should we today, 212 years
after the event and 145 years after the painting, interpret a bizarre painting
in which a group of top Russian statesmen and military desire to be and are
effectively depicted as exchanging roles with the historical personalities who
saved the Russian Empire before two centuries?
In the painting found in Bulgakov's
house, Sergei Shoigu, the former Minister of Defense of Russia, and now
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, is depicted as the
Russian commander Mikhail Kutuzov. Shoigu's former deputy Ruslan Tsalikov plays
General Mikhail Barclay de Tolly. The painting also features former deputy
defense ministers Timur Ivanov, Tatyana Shevtsova and other officials.
Several other bizarre paintings were
found in the arrested statesman's house, but the atemporal replica of the said
historical painting raises more questions, due to the potential symbolisms or
parallels that can be drawn. If the potentially allegorical but effectively
incomprehensible artwork was found in 2005 or in 2012, no one would pay much attention,
and the eventually innocuous representation would be taken as the result of a
certainly bold, yet counterproductive, imagination of a group of top level
Russian officials, eventually characterized by their narcissism.
It is clear that many Russians are
-truly speaking- under terrible shock because of the revelations, and their
comments about this, most weird,
story are very
negative. With no doubt, Kutuzov
is almost a holy person for the Russians because, although he did not mark a
real victory over Napoleon, he forced him to advance following Pyrrhic
victories during a prolonged war of attrition which led finally to the collapse
of the French Army. How a defeat at the battlefield can possibly be
transformed into a victory in the long perspective is a most fatalistic turn of
events for historians to possibly fathom. But it was known since the time of
the Battle of Kadesh (May 1274 BCE) between the Hittite Emperor Muwatalli II and
the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses III.
On the other hand, many of the persons depicted on
the bizarre paintings have recently lost their positions or even been arrested.
Bulgakov was arrested only 4-5 days ago, following allegations of bribery, but he
is only the last of several similar cases.
II. Brief description and
existing parallels
As the mystery of these eventually absurd but
potentially meaningful pictures is beyond imagination, several friends
contacted me to make some inquiries. They asked me what this meant in reality
and whether this initiatory and hypothetically purposeful painting denoted a
hidden desire of Shoigu to "take Putin's place".
What follows here includes parts of
my responses; it is actually difficult to answer such a question because there
are many parameters involved in this regard; but in general, I never thought that
Sergei Shoigu would be interested in taking Putin's place. In addition, the
painting does not hint at anything of the sort. Kutuzov did not imagine, even
for a second, not to be loyal to the Russian czars whom he served.
First and foremost, it is essential
for any non-Russian to comprehend that Russians
have no conventional thought. Historically, it is very common in Russia to
evaluate one man as higher and as more important than the czar, the secretary
general or the president.
If one goes to Russia and speaks with the average
people, one will understand that what they narrate as «History of Russia» is
not what is taught in the West about this topic. By this, I don't mean
discrepancies at the level of historical facts and narratives, but a totally distinct
perspective of the time and a markedly different evaluation of the human deeds.
There are effectively some parallels between
Kutuzov (1745-1813) and Shoigu (born in 1955).
Kutuzov served (as military officer and diplomat) three
czars (Catherine II, Paul I, and Alexander I).
And Shoigu was a minister under four
presidents (Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin, and Medvedev).
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich
Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky (Михаил Илларионович
Голенищев-Кутузов-Смоленский) belonged to an ancient noble family of
German-Prussian extraction. The Golenishchev-Kutuzov branch consisted of the
descendants of Gabriel, who left Prussia (1252-1263) and became the founder of
the Kutuzovs.
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Голенищевы
Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu (Сергей Кужугетович
Шойгу) belonged to a Turkic Tuvan family, as his father (Kuzhuget Shoigu,
1921-2010) was first Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Tuvan
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the
Tuvan ASSR. Shoigu's mother (Alexandra Yakovlevna Shoigu, 1924–2011) was a Ukrainian-born
Russian, who was detained by the German occupation forces during World War II
and had a traumatic experience from this event.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuzhuget_Shoigu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvans
Mikhail Kutuzov was a multilingual, as he was
fluent in Russian, German, French and English; on later occasions he also
studied Ottoman Turkish, Polish, and Swedish.
Sergei Shoigu is also a multilingual, who speaks
Tuvan, Russian, and another seven languages including Chinese, Japanese,
Turkish, English, etc.
III. Shoigu's lengthy tenure exceeded
by far that of President Putin
All the people know that Vladimir Putin has
been president since the year 2000 (with an interval of four years
(2008-2012), when he served as prime minister; however, few people remember today
that Shoigu was a minister since 1991. Only last May, he was removed from
the position of Minister of Defense and promoted/rewarded as «Secretary of the
Security Council of Russia».
This means that Shoigu was a minister for 33
years! When the positions are so important, a person creates his own small
state within the state; this is normal and inevitable.
As a matter of fact, Yeltsin appointed Shoigu as
Minister of Emergency Situations in April 1991. All the same, at the time,
Yeltsin was only the «President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist
Republic», not the «President of the Russian Federation». This means that
Yeltsin was under Gorbachev who was then the «President of the Soviet Union». In
other words, Shoigu was at the very beginning a minister of USSR, not Russia! He
was appointed before the August 1991 coup attempt, which failed and led to the
rise of Yeltsin, resignation of Gorbachev, and demise of the USSR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu#Early_career_and_first_steps_in_CPSU
And what was Vladimir Putin at the time?
In June 1991, in (then) Leningrad, he was
appointed as head of the Committee for External Relations of the Mayor's
Office. So, you cannot compare.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#1990%E2%80%931996:_Saint_Petersburg_administration
In fact, better than any other Russian, Sergei Shoigu
epitomizes the transition from the USSR to today's Russia. Consequently,
although he was not a career military man but an apparatchik and part of the
Soviet nomenklatura, he had progressively become a major pole of power. And because
of his success, which guaranteed Putin’s success, it was surely unthinkable for
anyone to remove him.
However, the uneasiness of the Russians with
the ongoing fake war in Ukraine and the disclosure of several
financial scandals and cases of bribery in the Russian army and the
Ministry of Defense generated another environment.
IV. Long 'reigns' come with
indulgence in corruption and extravagance
Last April, the Russian deputy defense
minister Timur Ivanov was arrested.
This occurred only little time after Putin’s
re-election.
One month after the arrest, Sergei Shoigu was
removed and replaced by Andrey Belousov, who is provenly a very good
economist, a well-experienced statesman, and a former First Deputy Prime
Minister of Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Belousov
At the time, many people said that Putin
placed an economist at the top of the Ministry of Defense, because he wanted to
make a more effective programming of the military industrial production in view
of the continuation of the war in Ukraine. It may be.
But personally, I was absolutely convinced
that the reason for this appointment was the desire to effectuate an extensive
control of earlier business transactions, carry out a thorough examination of
past deals, identify practices of corruption, and uncover all cases of bribery
that the «Shoigu establishment» allowed or tolerated or supported or
covered deliberately. In the face of the collateral damages caused by the
Russian military operations in Ukraine, it would be unacceptable that top
officials accumulated illegal benefits.
Almost four months after the aforementioned case of
Timur Ivanov, the arrest of Bulgakov rang the bell for the part of the
Russian establishment that was exposed to such inexcusable weaknesses at
wartime and for ministers who indulged themselves in corruption and
extravagance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Bulgakov
and
And with the frames and paintings found in his
house yesterday, we learned that Bulgakov viewed Shoigu as Kutuzov!
Of course, Kutuzov is more important than Alexander
I for the Russians. Czar Alexander I acknowledged personally that Russia owed
the final victory to Kutuzov. This means that, with all similarities taken
together as coincidental (!!), Bulgakov and his associates, friends and
subordinates viewed Shoigu like a 'god'. Several Russian friends interpret this
approach as absolutely true; they even consider it as the result of
extreme narcissism of all persons involved.
What follows is a selection of comments that I
found in Russian social media (I translated them into English):
1. «This is blasphemy against the
memory and exploits of our ancestors»!
2. «They came up with this a long
time ago and are successfully stealing it»
3. «A finished script for a film.
How far human stupidity and impudence go»!
4. «They are very far from Kutuzov
and others; but there is plenty of time for self-admiration»
5. «A gang of thieves assembled»
6. «Where is Timur Ivanov»?
From the following web pages:
А такие
портреты нашли дома у задержанного экс-замминистра обороны Дмитрия Булгакова во
время обысков.
https://vk.com/mash?w=wall-112510789_11396831
and
Минутка
статистики по одному из шедевров золотой коллекции задержанного замминистра
обороны Булгакова.
https://vk.com/mash?w=wall-112510789_11397605
V. An attempt to inculpate or a
mystical allegory?
As a matter of fact, it would not make sense for
Shoigu and his close associates to envision that he would take Putin’s place
(let alone to conspire with this target in mind); in addition, the picture
says the opposite. Kutuzov was already more important than the czar.
All the same, there is another dimension too; these
pictures may have been placed in Bulgakov's home after his arrest in order to
inculpate him, Shoigu and others in some way. This would however seem rather to
be a puerile attempt, because there can be far worse and far more effective
ways to inculpate someone than the revelation of the narcissistic visions and
the grandiose imaginations of a group of corrupt and not corrupt officials.
If there is a symbolism, it means that the true
ruler is («was»?) Shoigu; but even in this case, it is a very unusual type of
praising and self-praising for some top officials. In real terms of boastfulness,
such an atemporal replica of Aleksey
Kivshenko's legendary painting adds
nothing on the table.
I believe that, if some people want truly to unveil
a real and serious purpose in this painting, they must rather view it as a
mystical allegory – not a mere symbolism. In this case, the otherwise bizarre
artwork becomes meaningful.
What are the major points of an allegorical
mysticism in this regard?
I will brief enumerate a few.
1- Reminiscent of the French
invasion of the Russian Empire, the present war in Ukraine reveals that the
Russian Federation is under attack.
It matters little whether some
Western idiots believe that we have to deal with a Russian invasion of Ukraine;
there was never such an event, because Ukraine is an integral part of Russian
territory that criminal Anglo-Saxon gangsters brutally and illegally detached
from Russia at the time of the Soviet collapse.
Yuval Harari was very correct when
saying that "Gorbachev saved us from nuclear war"; but his truth ends
there. What truly happened in 1989 is not the continuation of a development
that started in 1985. In fact, Gorbachev was openly threatened by George
Herbert Bush with imminent nuclear attack if he did not rapidly dissolve the
Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The truth was enveloped in thousands of lies,
endless smiles, and hypocritical hand shakings, because this was beneficial for
both, the US and the Soviet Union/Russia. I cannot further expand now on this
topic, because I would digress.
So, as it happened in the 1810s and the
1940s, Russia has been under attack since the late 1980s.
2- Similarly with Kutuzov's
ingenious strategy and tactics, the Russian state withdrew from lands for quite
some time now.
The formation of the Ukrainian
pseudo-nation after 1991 was an entirely orchestrated fabrication, involving
the creation of a bogus-idiom named 'Ukrainian language', the pseudo-translation
of thousands of toponyms and personal names into their hypothetically Ukrainian
forms, the compilation of a distorted 'History of Ukraine', the diffusion of
heinous anti-Russian racism, and the subtle disfigurement of the Orthodox faith
of the local population into a charlatanesque form of Anti-Christian
Catholicism.
3- Similarly with what happened
during the French Invasion of the Russian Empire, the military proved to be the
backbone of the Russian nation.
In this regard, the lengthy tenure
of Sergei Shoigu reflects perfectly well the long military career of Mikhail
Kutuzov.
4- The partly withdrawal from the
Western Russian lands, as implemented by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian
armies, can be mirrored in Moscow's agreement for a separate, 'independent'
Ukrainian state. The concession made is very similar to the decision taken at
the Military Council in Fili.
5- Sergei Shoigu's contribution to
the final victory may be analogous to Kutuzov's strategy which brought the
final victory after many rather insignificant defeats.
6- Last but foremost, the final
defeat of Napoleon in Russia ended with the subsequent demise of his regime;
the allegory is very clear as regards the combined Anglo-Saxon world that has
attacked USSR-Russia since 1945 – or if you prefer 1985.
VI. Appendices
1- Links to news:
У арестованного генерала Булгакова нашли картины с Шойгу в образах чекиста
и Кутузова
https://news.mail.ru/incident/62153731/?frommail=1
Никас Сафронов оценил картины арестованного генерала Булгакова
https://news.mail.ru/society/62157731/?frommail=1
2- About Mikhail
Kutuzov and the historical developments prior to and after the Council in Fili:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kutuzov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kutuzov#Borodino
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Borodino#End_of_the_battle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon#Invasion_of_Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia#Invasion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia#Capture_of_Moscow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_occupation_of_Moscow
3- About the
Military Council in Fili (13 September 1812) as a major historical-military
event that determined the Patriotic War (Отечественная война) of Russia against
Napoleon:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_at_Fili
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Совет_в_Филях
4- About Fili, the
historical suburb of Moscow that was first known as Hwili (Хвили) in 1454:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fili_(Moscow)
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Фили
5- About Aleksey
Danilovich Kivshenko (Алексей Данилович Кившенко; 1851-1895):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey_Kivshenko
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Кившенко,_Алексей_Данилович
https://rah.ru/the_academy_today/the_members_of_the_academie/member.php?ID=52874
In 1891, Kivshenko
accompanied the archaeological expedition of Nikodim Kondakov to Palestine and
Syria, from where he brought back many sketches reproducing the nature and folk
life of the countries of the Middle East.
6- About Aleksey
Kivshenko's painting Military Council in Fili in 1812 (created in 1879):
Созданная картина Военный совет в Филях в 1812 году приносит художнику заслуженную известность, саму же
картину художник повторяет еще дважды: по заказам П.М. Третьякова для его
галереи и московских властей для Музея истории и реконструкции Москвы. На
картине самый драматический момент совещания: «Я приказываю отступление
властью, данной мне государем и Отечеством». Это М.И. Кутузов.
The painting Military
Council in Fili in 1812 brought the artist well-deserved fame, and the artist
repeated the painting twice more: by order of P.M. Tretyakov for his gallery
and by the Moscow authorities for the Museum of History and Reconstruction of
Moscow. The painting shows the most dramatic moment of the meeting: "I
order a retreat by the authority given to me by the sovereign and the
Fatherland." This is M.I. Kutuzov.
https://vsdn.ru/museum/catalogue/category70066.htm
(with extensive
bibliography about Kivshenko's works)
7- Five notes about
Aleksey Kivshenko's painting Military Council in Fili (from left to right):
https://ar.culture.ru/ru/subject/sovet-v-filyah
1. About the girl at
the extreme left of the painting: / О девушке в крайней левой части картины:
Девочка Малаша — вымышленный персонаж романа Толстого «Война и мир».
Писатель показал ход совета глазами дочери хозяина избы, Малаши: «В просторной,
лучшей избе мужика Андрея Савостьянова в два часа собрался совет. Мужики, бабы
и дети мужицкой большой семьи теснились в черной избе через сени. Одна только
внучка Андрея, Малаша, шестилетняя девочка, которой светлейший, приласкав ее,
дал за чаем кусок сахара, оставалась на печи в большой избе. Малаша робко и
радостно смотрела с печи на лица, мундиры и кресты генералов, одного за другим
входивших в избу и рассаживавшихся в красном углу, на широких лавках под
образами». На самом деле хозяина избы в деревне Фили, где остановился Кутузов и
где проходил военный совет, звали Михаил Севостьянович Фролов. И, конечно,
ребенку бы не позволили присутствовать на совете русских генералов.
The girl Malasha is a
fictional character in Tolstoy's novel War and Peace. The writer showed the
course of the council through the eyes of the owner's daughter, Malasha:
"At two o'clock in the spacious, best hut of the peasant Andrei
Savostyanov, the council gathered. The men, women and children of the large
peasant family crowded into the black hut, through the entryway; only Andrei's
granddaughter, Malasha, a six-year-old girl, to whom His Serene Highness,
having caressed her, gave a piece of sugar with tea, remained on the stove in
the large hut. Malasha timidly and joyfully looked from the stove at the faces,
uniforms and crosses of the generals, who entered the hut one after another and
sat down in the red corner, on the wide benches under the icons." In fact,
the owner of the hut in the village of Fili, where Kutuzov stayed and where the
military council was held, was called Mikhail Sevostyanovich Frolov. And, of
course, a child would not have been allowed to attend the council of Russian
generals.
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2. About the officer
behind Kutuzov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian armies: / Об офицере,
стоявшем за Кутузовым, главнокомандующим русскими армиями:
Достоверных свидетельств о присутствии на совете полковника Паисия
Кайсарова нет, но в романе с его образом связана важная психологическая деталь.
«Адъютант Кайсаров хотел было отдернуть занавеску в окне против Кутузова, но Кутузов
сердито замахал ему рукой, и Кайсаров понял, что светлейший не хочет, чтобы
видели его лицо».
There is no reliable
evidence of Colonel Paisiy Kaisarov's presence at the council, but an important
psychological detail is connected with his image in the novel. "Adjutant
Kaisarov wanted to pull back the curtain in the window opposite Kutuzov, but
Kutuzov angrily waved his hand at him, and Kaisarov realized that His Serene
Highness did not want his face to be seen."
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3. About the central
figure of the painting, Infantry General Kutuzov: / О центральной фигуре
картины, генерале от инфантерии Кутузове:
Главнокомандующий русскими армиями генерал от инфантерии Михаил
Голенищев-Кутузов. Кившенко изобразил Кутузова в кресле у печи, по описанию
Толстого: «Сам дедушка, как внутренне называла Малаша Кутузова, сидел от них
особо, в темном углу за печкой. Он сидел, глубоко опустившись в складное
кресло, и беспрестанно покряхтывал и расправлял воротник сюртука, который, хотя
и расстегнутый, все как будто жал его шею. Входившие один за другим подходили к
фельдмаршалу; некоторым он пожимал руку, некоторым кивал головой…». Однако по
воспоминаниям генерал-лейтенанта Коновницына известно, что во время совета
Кутузов сидел в центре лавки, стоявшей у окна.
Commander-in-Chief of
the Russian armies, Infantry General Mikhail Golenishchev-Kutuzov; Kivshenko
depicted Kutuzov in a chair by the stove, based on Tolstoy's description:
"Grandfather himself, as Malasha called Kutuzov inwardly, sat separately
from them, in a dark corner behind the stove. He sat, deeply sunk into a
folding chair, and constantly grunted and straightened the collar of his frock
coat, which, although unbuttoned, seemed to squeeze his neck. Those entering
one after another approached the field marshal; he shook hands with some,
nodded his head to others...". However, according to the memoirs of
Lieutenant General Konovnitsyn, it is known that during the council Kutuzov sat
in the center of the bench standing by the window.
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4. About the person
depicted with his back to the viewer, at the central part of the painting, Lieutenant
General Leonty Bennigsen: / О человеке, изображенном спиной к зрителю, в
центральной части картины, генерал-лейтенанте Леонтии Беннигсене:
Начальник Главного штаба русской армии генерал-лейтенант Леонтий Беннигсен
настаивал на сражении под Москвой. В своих воспоминаниях генерал Алексей
Ермолов описывал Беннигсена так: «Известный знанием военного искусства, более
всех современников испытанный в войне против Наполеона». Беннигсен был
человеком уважаемым и авторитетным, и спорить с ним было не просто. Однако в
письме супруге Дохтуров писал: «Я прилагал все старание, чтобы убедить идти
врагу навстречу; Беннигсен был того же мнения, он делал что мог, чтобы уверить,
что единственным средством не уступать столицы было бы встретить неприятеля и
сразиться с ним. Но это
отважное мнение не могло подействовать».
The Chief of the General
Staff of the Russian army, Lieutenant General Leonty Bennigsen, insisted on a
battle near Moscow. In his memoirs, General Alexei Yermolov described Bennigsen
as follows: "Famous for his knowledge of the art of war, more experienced
than all his contemporaries in the war against Napoleon." Bennigsen was a
respected and authoritative man, and it was not easy to argue with him.
However, in a letter to his wife, Dokhturov wrote: "I made every effort to
convince them to meet the enemy halfway; Bennigsen was of the same opinion, he
did everything he could to convince them that the only way to not give up the
capital was to meet the enemy and fight him. But this courageous opinion could not
work."
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5. About the person under
the holy icon, namely the commander-in-chief of the 1st Western Army, infantry general
Mikhail Barclay de Tolly: / О
человеке в красном углу, а именно о главнокомандующем 1-й Западной армией генерале от инфантерии Михаиле Барклае де Толли:
В красном углу, согласно Толстому, художник изобразил главнокомандующего
1-й Западной армией генерала от инфантерии Михаила Барклая де Толли. Кившенко
подчеркнул нездоровый вид генерала, как и Толстой: «Под самыми образами, на
первом месте, сидел с Георгием на шее, с бледным болезненным лицом и с своим
высоким лбом, сливающимся с голой головой, Барклай де Толли. Второй уже день он
мучился лихорадкой, и в это самое время его знобило и ломало».
Under the holy icon
(lit. 'in the red corner'), according to Tolstoy, the artist depicted the
commander-in-chief of the 1st Western Army, infantry general Mikhail Barclay de
Tolly. Kivshenko emphasized the general's unhealthy appearance, as did Tolstoy:
"Under the very icons, in the first place, sat Barclay de Tolly with St.
George on his neck, with a pale, sickly face and his high forehead merging with
his bare head. He had been suffering from fever for the second day already, and
at that very time he was shivering and aching."
8- For the
photoshopped replica of the painting of the 100th anniversary of the Soviet and
Russian army:
https://vk.com/mash?w=wall-112510789_11397605
Минутка статистики по одному из шедевров золотой коллекции задержанного
замминистра обороны Булгакова. На зафотошопленной реплике картины 100-летия
советской и российской армии вместе с ним изображены:
1. Министр обороны, генерал армии Сергей Шойгу — снят с должности;
2. Первый замминистра обороны Руслан Цаликов — снят с должности;
3. Замминистра обороны Тимур Иванов — арестован;
4. Замминистра обороны, генерал-полковник Юрий Садовенко — снят с
должности;
5. Замминистра обороны Татьяна Шевцова — снята с должности;
6. Замминистра обороны, генерал армии запаса Николай Панков — снят с
должности;
7. Замминистра обороны, генерал армии Павел Попов — снят с должности;
8. Глава Роскосмоса Юрий Борисов — при исполнении;
9. Замминистра обороны, генерал-полковник Александр Фомин — при исполнении;
10. Начальник Генштаба ВС РФ Валерий Герасимов — при исполнении.
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A minute of statistics
on one of the masterpieces of the gold collection of the detained Deputy Minister
of Defense Bulgakov; in the photoshopped replica of the painting of the 100th
anniversary of the Soviet and Russian army, together with him are depicted:
1. Minister of Defense,
General of the Army Sergei Shoigu - removed from office;
2. First Deputy
Minister of Defense Ruslan Tsalikov - removed from office;
3. Deputy Minister of
Defense Timur Ivanov - arrested;
4. Deputy Minister of
Defense, Colonel General Yuri Sadovenko - removed from office;
5. Deputy Minister of
Defense Tatyana Shevtsova - removed from office;
6. Deputy Minister of
Defense, General of the Army (Reserve) Nikolai Pankov - removed from office;
7. Deputy Minister of
Defense, General of the Army Pavel Popov - removed from office;
8. Head of Roscosmos
Yuri Borisov - in office;
9. Deputy Minister of
Defense, Colonel General Alexander Fomin - in office;
10. Chief of the
General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov - on duty.
9- Lenta.ru article
in Russian and English translation
У арестованного генерала Булгакова нашли необычные
картины. Шойгу и его соратники изображены дворянами и революционерами
https://lenta.ru/news/2024/07/30/u-arestovannogo-generala-bulgakova-nashli-neobychnye-kartiny-shoygu-i-ego-soratniki-izobrazheny-dvoryanami-i-revolyutsionerami/
При обыске у генерала Дмитрия Булгакова нашли картины с ним, Шойгу и
Ивановым
В местах жительства бывшего заместителя министра обороны России Дмитрия
Булгакова, арестованного по обвинению в коррупции, прошли обыски. В ходе
следственных действий правоохранители обнаружили дома у генерала армии картины,
на которых изображены экс-глава оборонного ведомства Сергей Шойгу и его
заместители в образах дворян и революционеров.
В сети появились фотографии полотен. На одном из них запечатлен сам
Булгаков в форме офицера времен войны 1812 года, на другом — Шойгу вместе с
чиновниками Минобороны. Одна из картин выполнена по мотивам «Совета в Филях»
художника Алексея Кившенко. На ней бывший министр обороны России, а ныне
секретарь Совета безопасности РФ изображен в роли русского полководца Михаила
Кутузова. Бывший заместитель Шойгу Руслан Цаликов — в роли генерала Михаила
Барклая де Толли. На картине также присутствуют экс-заместители министра
обороны Тимур Иванов, Татьяна Шевцова и другие чиновники.
На другом полотне помимо Шойгу, Цаликова, Иванова и Шевцовой на фоне
тачанки с пулеметом и знамен в форме красных командиров и комиссаров
запечатлены бывшие заместители министра обороны, генерал-полковник Юрий
Садовенко, генерал армии запаса Николай Панков, генерал армии Павел Попов,
глава «Роскосмоса» Юрий Борисов, действующий замглавы Минобороны,
генерал-полковник Александр Фомин и начальник Генштаба Вооруженных сил РФ
Валерий Герасимов.
По данным Telegram-канала
«Досье Шпиона», ни в квартире, ни в частном доме Булгакова не было наличных
денег, дорогих шуб или украшений, а только коллекция наград и необычных картин.
Сообщается также, что из квартиры накануне обысков могли вывезти дорогие итальянские
трюмо.
В доме у Булгакова нашли звезду Героя России и более 70 медалей
По словам директора Ассоциации коллекционеров фалеристов «Истинные друзья
фалеристики» полковника юстиции в отставке Сергея Бычкова, в ходе обысков
следователи нашли у Булгакова большое количество орденов и медалей. Большая
часть из них — это ведомственные награды.
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Официальные государственные ордена и звания: звезда Героя Российской
Федерации, три ордена «За заслуги перед Отечеством» второй, третьей и четвертой
степени. С красной ленточкой и желтой полоской — это орден Александра Невского,
государственная награда Российской Федерации
Сергей Бычков
директор Ассоциации коллекционеров фалеристов «Истинные друзья фалеристики»
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Всего в доме у генерала обнаружили более 70 наград. Среди них оказались
орден «За военные заслуги», орден Почета и советский орден «За службу Родине в
Вооруженных Силах СССР» третьей степени. Также в жилище Булгакова был знак
«Заслуженного военного специалиста», премии Суворова и Жукова.
«Также медали: "60 лет Вооруженных Сил", "70 лет
Вооруженных Сил", "850-летие Москвы", ведомственные награды
Министерства обороны Российской Федерации, которых на сегодняшний день более
150», — рассказал специалист, добавив, что многие из этих медалей разового
действия, но некоторые оказались действующими.
В заключение фалерист обратил внимание, что среди найденных у Булгакова
медалей были награды разных родов войск, которыми разрешено награждать
представителей других ведомств за содействие, сотрудничество.
Булгаков зарабатывал более 15 миллионов рублей, а на его жену были
оформлены три участка
Булгаков занимал пост замминистра обороны с 2008 по 2022 год. В армии он
отвечал за обеспечение войск. 26 июля стало известно о задержании и аресте
генерала по делу о коррупции. Его заподозрили в растрате, откатах и подмене
мяса для бойцов.
Предполагается, что Булгаков действовал в интересах Грязинского пищевого
комбината. При генерале была создана система поставок некачественного питания в
войска по завышенной стоимости: говядина заменялась свининой и курятиной, а
энергетическая ценность пайков завышалась. По данным следствия, таким образом
армии поставили девять миллионов пайков. Сумма ущерба по уголовному делу
Булгакова составила 1,3 миллиарда рублей.
Согласно последней опубликованной декларации, в 2018 году
высокопоставленный военный заработал 15,2 миллиона рублей. При этом большая
часть имущества была записана на его жену, которая за тот же год заработала
всего 226 тысяч рублей. Вместе с ней он владеет квартирой свыше 109 квадратных
метров.
На супругу также зарегистрировано три земельных участка общей площадью
почти 3000 квадратных метров. Но одном из них располагается жилой дом площадью
620 квадратных метров. Также на жену зарегистрирована иномарка Lexus.
Анализ данных за другие годы показывает, что через несколько лет после
начала работы в Минобороны, в 2010-2011 годах у Булгакова был зафиксирован
резкий рост доходов. В 2009 году его общий годовой доход составил 1 648 710
рублей, в 2010-м — 9 495 705 рублей, а в 2011-м — 18 147 933 рубля.
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(English translation)
Unusual paintings
were found at the home of the arrested General Bulgakov. Shoigu and his
associates are depicted as nobles and revolutionaries
During the search of
General Dmitry Bulgakov, paintings of him, Shoigu and Ivanov were found
Searches were conducted
at the residences of the former Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Dmitry
Bulgakov, who was arrested on charges of corruption. During the investigative
actions, law enforcement officers found paintings at the home of the army
general, which depict the former head of the defense department Sergei Shoigu
and his deputies as nobles and revolutionaries.
Photos of the paintings
appeared online. One of them depicts Bulgakov himself in the uniform of an
officer from the war of 1812, and the other shows Shoigu together with Defense
Ministry officials. One of the paintings is based on the "Council at
Fili" by artist Alexei Kivshenko. In it, the former Minister of Defense of
Russia, and now Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, is
depicted as the Russian commander Mikhail Kutuzov. Shoigu's former deputy
Ruslan Tsalikov plays General Mikhail Barclay de Tolly. The painting also
features former deputy defense ministers Timur Ivanov, Tatyana Shevtsova and
other officials.
In another painting, in
addition to Shoigu, Tsalikov, Ivanov and Shevtsova, against the backdrop of a
machine gun cart and banners in the uniform of red commanders and commissars,
former deputy defense ministers Colonel General Yuri Sadovenko, retired army
general Nikolai Pankov, army general Pavel Popov, head of Roscosmos Yuri
Borisov, current deputy defense minister Colonel General Alexander Fomin and
Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov are
depicted.
According to the
Telegram channel "Dossier Shpiona", there was no cash, expensive fur
coats or jewelry in Bulgakov's apartment or private house, only a collection of
awards and unusual paintings. It is also reported that expensive Italian
dressing tables may have been taken from the apartment the day before the
searches.
A Hero of Russia star
and over 70 medals were found in Bulgakov's house
According to the
director of the Association of Phalerist Collectors "True Friends of
Phaleristics" retired Colonel of Justice Sergei Bychkov, during the
searches investigators found a large number of orders and medals at Bulgakov's.
Most of them are departmental awards.
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Official state orders
and titles: Hero of the Russian Federation star, three Orders "For
Services to the Fatherland" of the second, third and fourth degrees. With
a red ribbon and a yellow stripe — this is the Order of Alexander Nevsky, a
state award of the Russian Federation
Sergey Bychkov
Director of the
Association of Phalerist Collectors "True Friends of Phaleristics"
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In total, more than 70
awards were found in the general's house. Among them were the Order "For
Military Merit", the Order of Honor and the Soviet Order "For Service
to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" of the third degree.
Also in Bulgakov's home was the badge of "Honored Military
Specialist", the Suvorov and Zhukov prizes.
"Also medals: "60 years of the
Armed Forces", "70 years of the Armed Forces", "850th
anniversary of Moscow", departmental awards of the Ministry of Defense of
the Russian Federation, of which there are more than 150 today," the
specialist said, adding that many of these medals are one-time valid, but some
were valid.
In conclusion, the
falerist noted that among the medals found on Bulgakov were awards from various
branches of the military, which are allowed to be awarded to representatives of
other departments for assistance and cooperation.
Bulgakov earned more
than 15 million rubles, and three plots of land were registered in his wife's
name
Bulgakov served as
Deputy Minister of Defense from 2008 to 2022. In the army, he was responsible
for providing troops. On July 26, it became known that the general had been
detained and arrested in a corruption case. He was suspected of embezzlement,
kickbacks, and substitution of meat for soldiers.
It is assumed that
Bulgakov acted in the interests of the Gryazinsky Food Plant. Under the general,
a system was created for supplying low-quality food to the troops at inflated
prices: beef was replaced with pork and chicken, and the energy value of
rations was inflated. According to the investigation, nine million rations were
supplied to the army in this way. The amount of damage in Bulgakov's criminal
case amounted to 1.3 billion rubles.
According to the latest
published declaration, in 2018 the high-ranking military man earned 15.2
million rubles. At the same time, most of the property was registered to his
wife, who earned only 226 thousand rubles in the same year. Together with her,
he owns an apartment of over 109 square meters.
Three land plots with a
total area of almost 3,000 square meters are also
registered to his wife. But one of them contains a residential building with an
area of 620 square meters. A foreign-made
Lexus car is also registered to his wife.
Analysis of data for
other years shows that several years after starting work in the Ministry of
Defense, in 2010-2011, Bulgakov recorded a sharp increase in income. In 2009,
his total annual income was 1,648,710 rubles, in 2010 - 9,495,705 rubles, and
in 2011 - 18,147,933 rubles.
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