History should be approached with integrity, not as a tool to justify current political positions
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia from May 7 to 10 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin and will attend the celebrations marking Great Patriotic War Victory.
Historians seldom completely agree with one another even on some of the most important events of the past. There are different views on various historical events such as World War II (WWII). With new documents being declassified ...
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The Soviet Union collapsed long ago; this date still unites us. In 2021, June 22 will be marked in countries around Russia, even if under different names. In Belarus, this is the Day of the Nationwide Memory of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War, while Ukraine marks the Day of Mourning and Commemoration of the Memory of the Victims of the War.
The historians in these countries may engage in endless debates on the causes of the War, the role of the Munich Agreement as well ...
In the run-up to the 69th anniversary of the Great Victory, we interviewed Olga Malinova, PhD, Professor of Comparative Political Science at MGIMO-University about the place of the Great Patriotic War in the historical memory of generations.
What place does Russia’s victory in the Great Patriotic War hold in the historical memory of the older and young generations of the new, post-Soviet Russia?
Russia’s victory in the ...
