@Hyolobrika @moffintosh
> Russia upholds Christianity
Why did he accompany that with a Renaissance-era painting by an Italian artist, not with a photo of recently erected temple of war near Moscow with frescoes of Pooteen? 🤔
https://jam-news.net/moscow-church-decorated-with-mosaics-featuring-putin-and-stalin-/
@Hyolobrika @moffintosh
He did, but he backed down on it in the wake of WW2! There he is depicted on a fresco dedicated to WW2 on flags only — still controversial, but TBH not as bad as it could be 😅
To me the depiction of officials, many of whom still occupy their offices, and events from less than a decade ago as historical seems way more controversial, same as the idea of temple of war itself.
They also keep Hitler's hat either in the cathedral itself or in the museum nearby 🤦
@Hyolobrika @moffintosh
No idea, most probably a WW2-era trophy from some museum, why did they put that thing on display in the cathedral — who the fuck knows? 🤯
From what I know — this is perceived as weird even by the most devout "patriots".
The Wikipedia article mentions this in the "Controversies" section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Cathedral_of_the_Russian_Armed_Forces#Controversies
