Do Irina agus Pyotr

Publication Instance Details #2179

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	Yes	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) State Violence
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	Nuair a tháinig deireadh leis an Dara Cogadh Mór seoladh suas le dhá mhilliún Cosacach in aghaidh a dtola ar ais fé chuing an tioránaigh Stalin. Cé gur mhair roinnt acu seo taobh amuigh de theorainn na Rúise ó am na Réabhlóide i 1917 fós tugadh ar lámh iad don Rúis Shóibhéideach. Chinn roinnt acu lámh a chur ina mbás féin in áit géilleadh don fhilleadh. Tá an dá dhán seo bunaithe ar eachtraí fírinneacha a tharla in abhanntrach na Drau idir Leinz agus Oberdrauburg i 1945.
Notes	Substantial paratext of this poem gives the background of the characters and events. The poem is based on true events surrounding the suicide of the some of the Cossack peoples, who were unwilling to be subsumed into Stalinist Russia after WW2. The poem is brutal in its descriptions of the suicide of an entire family, with the husband, Pyotr, executing his wife and family, then killing himself, rather than be part of Stalinist Russia. The Bolshevik regime had seen the process of Decossackization, attempting to suppress the culture of the Cossack people. The incident described in this poem happened when Cossacks, many of whom had fought for the Axis powers during World War II, were 'handed back' to Russia at the Yalta Conference. Many chose to die rather than submit.