Ізраїль радить Україні забути свою історію

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Israel advises Ukraine to forget its history

January 14, 2011

President of Israel Shimon Peres advised Ukraine to forget the story, in order not to repeat the
mistakes of the past in the future. He said this during a lecture in Kyiv.

"I would ask me to advise Ukraine, I would say: forget history, history is not important at all.
They say: learn the story, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past, and I will say it is
nonsense. You will not be able to repeat the mistakes of the past, you will make new ones. There
is nothing to teach here in this story, "he said.

In so doing, the President of Israel noted that historians have to study historical books. Perez
also believes that the spiritual past, the heritage of culture and literature must be preserved.

"And the rest can be discarded, it does not matter," - he added.

Президент Ізраїлю радить Україні забути історію

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The President of Israel advises Ukraine to forget the story

November 25, 2010

During a public lecture "Political and Economic Challenges in the Age of Globalization" in
Kyiv, the President of Israel said he advised Ukrainians not to focus on history and leave the
matter to scientists.
"If I were asked to advise Ukraine, I would say: forget the story, history is not important at all ...
You will not be able to repeat the mistakes of the past, you just will make new ones," said
Shimon Peres.
The President of Israel is in Ukraine on a state visit, in the framework of which he met with
Volodymyr Lytvyn, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, on Thursday.
In Kiev, Mr. Perez also paid tribute to the victims of Babyn Yar.
At the memorial complex of the President of Israel met the honor guard, and after a minute of
silence, Mr. Perez laid flowers to the monument.
From Kiev to Dnipropetrovsk
After Kiev, the President of Israel Shimon Peres is waiting in Dnipropetrovsk, where he will
meet with representatives of the local Jewish community.
Leaders of the Jewish community of Dnipropetrovsk Victor Pinchuk, Gennady Bogolyubov and
Igor Kolomoisky are among the five richest in Ukraine according to the magazine
Correspondent.
A correspondent for the BBC's Ukrainian service in Dnipropetrovsk, Vadim Ryzhkov, said the
Jewish community believes the visit of the Israeli president is a sign of the growing
international authority of their community, which they themselves call the most powerful in
Ukraine.

The secretary of the Jewish community of Dnipropetrovsk Oleg Rostovtsev as proof of such
influence is the fact that millionaire Igor Kolomoisky recently headed the Board of the
Association of Jewish Communities of the whole of Europe, and his business partner and
community chairman Gennadiy Bogolyubov funded the construction of a pavilion for storing
the scrolls of the Tory near the Wall of Cry in Jerusalem.
Our correspondent says that the leaders of Dnipropetrovsk community Igor Kolomoisky and
Gennadiy Bogolyubov, as well as Viktor Pinchuk are well known in Israel, and Israeli officials
have repeatedly visited Dnipropetrovsk.
The President of Israel will meet with the Jewish community of the city in the choral
Synagogue "Golden Rose", which was rebuilt at the expense of local businessmen 10 years ago.
The Holocaust Museum and the world's largest Jewish Center "Menorah" are now being built
near her.
In a huge complex of seven towers, the finishing work has begun. Shimon Peres will also visit
the largest Jewish school in Ukraine, whose students, as our correspondent says, win not only in
olympiads in physics or mathematics, but also in the Ukrainian language.

Dnipropetrovsk as a religious center

For 30 years, the Rabbi of Dnipropetrovsk was the father of the seventh Lyubavitsky riba, Levi
Yitzhak Shneerson, who was repressed under Soviet rule. The seventh and last Lubawitz rebbe
Menachem-Mendel Schnejerson, the spiritual leader of the Hasidic Habad movement, who lived
in the United States, considered Dnipropetrovsk to be his hometown.
According to our correspondent, there are many wealthy people among the followers of the
Hasidic Hasidism, and the influence of the Jewish community in Dnipropetrovsk is very
noticeable.
Entrepreneurs - members of the Jewish community build hotels in Dnipropetrovsk, shopping
malls, they own many businesses.
Igor Kolomoisky and Gennady Bogolyubov are two of the three co-owners of one of the largest
banks in Ukraine "Privatbank".
Mr. Kolomoisky built Dnipro Arena in Dnipropetrovsk, and his structures are engaged in the
reconstruction of Dnipropetrovsk airport.