![]() ![]() Ukraine and Russia's complex relationship with The Lord of the Rings actually dates back to the USSR's final years, when Tolkien's long-banned novel spread massively on the other side of the Iron Curtain, with the help of its first commercial translation into Russian. Tolkien's work published 50 years earlier. To understand why this metaphor is so ubiquitous in Ukrainian politics, it is necessary to look back long before the Donbas war began in 2014, and even long before the release of Peter Jackson's trilogy of films in the early 2000s, which led to a new surge of international popularity of J. A great memorable quote from the The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie on - Frodo: Go back, Sam Im going to Mordor alone.Sam: Of course you are. OLEG SHUPLIAK - HTTPS://Samizdats and 'creative' translations "The Great Battle of Ukraine with Mordor", a patriotic painting by the famous Ukrainian artist Oleg Shupliak, who in recent weeks has created several frescoes about the war using mythological or religious themes. In 2016, Google's translation tool was hacked to yield "мордор," Mordor, when translating the word "Russia" from Ukrainian. As far back as 2015, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko used the word "Mordor" to refer to Putin's concept of a "New Russia," which incorporates the eastern Ukrainian territories controlled by pro-Russian separatists into the Russian Federation. Aragorn's For Frodo, also known as Aragorn Black Gate, is a memorable quote uttered by Aragorn (played by Viggo Mortensen) from the 2003 fantasy film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. More on this topic Article réservé à nos abonnés Jo Nesbo: 'Can stories defeat Putin?'Ĭontrary to what one might believe, this comparison does not date back to 2022. ![]() Whether in the speeches of Ukrainian officials, in the country's press or on social networks, the comparison is everywhere: Ukraine, a peaceful country comparable to the Shire in the Lord of the Rings, is defending itself against a purely evil force, the Russian army, compared to the troops of Mordor, which are led from Moscow by a Vladimir Putin likened to Sauron. He was followed the next day by the mayor of Makariv, near Kyiv, stating on television that the bodies of 132 civilians had been found and that they had been "killed by the Russian Orcs." In early March, in the city of Melitopol occupied by Russian troops, demonstrators protested against the "looting Orcs." A little later that same month, the Ukrainian defense minister vowed in an official speech that his troops "would stand firm against Mordor's assaults." On April 8, Dmytro Jyvytsky, the governor of the Sumy province, announced from the Russian border that the area was now "free of Orcs". Tolkien's work reappropriate this imagery in different ways, in particular ever since their countries have been at war. Long ReadSince the days of the USSR, Russians and Russia are often compared to Orcs and Mordor. Ukrainian and Russian Tolkien fans battle over the legacy of 'The Lord of the Rings' By Damien Leloup Published on April 23, 2022, at 7:00 pm (Paris), updated on April 23, 2022, at 7:00 pm ![]()
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