Nothing holy. Who was actually Dmitry Donskoy, whom propaganda made his symbol

The Russian authorities announced the “wonderful acquisition” of the relics of Dmitry Donskoy and sent them to the front. Modern propaganda paints Dmitry as a holy fighter against the coalition of the “West” and the defender of Orthodoxy. This is already a new iteration of an alternative story around this historical figure, which began to become myths two hundred years after the death of the prince. During his life and in the next few centuries after his death, Dmitry was neither Donskoy nor holy (he was with the church in deep conflict), but the fighter against the West called him and completely ridiculous: no single West then simply did not exist, and everyone fought with everyone.



