Falsification, selection… Russians face Putin’s historical revisionism
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One may wonder about the role and effectiveness of historical revisionism and memory games in Putin's strategy.
In a July 2021 article titled "On the Historical Unification of Russians and Ukrainians," we learn that: "Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians are the heirs of ancient Russia, which was the largest country in Europe."
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But is this vision convincing enough to unite Russians around the idea of reconquest?
What was important for gaining society's support was that the collective memory of Russians had already been formed in the USSR. A Soviet citizen's education included military training, and life was spent in various military-patriotic associations. The calendar was filled with military holidays; commemorating those who fought in the "Great Patriotic War" was a civic duty. It was a kind of militarization of Russian collective memory.
In the late 1990s of the previous century and early 2000s, especially since the annexation of the Cri
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