How Policy Change Affects Memory Politics

History Politics as kind of siege mentality, when the state sees any criticism of its past as support for the enemy. See e.g. Sandarmokh.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-28/sandarmokh/

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Presentism: New Historical Thinking in Russia

The present is increasing pressure and shrinks historical time. Presentism aims to comprehend the complexity, in which the past cannot be objectively reconstructed, but can only be constructed anew.

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/7-2019-15/presentism/

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“Chronological Frameworks”, New History Strategy? (ИКС)

Some years have passed since the appearance of the Historical and Cultural Standard (ИКС) for teaching Russian history. It has significantly changed the...

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Quelle: https://public-history-weekly.degruyter.com/6-2018-33/%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81-russian-history/

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