Overcoming Forgetfulness: How Central Asian Societies and Elites Perceive the Great Patriotic War

... Victory Day, most post-Soviet countries held large celebrations culminating in the May 9 military parade in Moscow. All the Central Asian republics also hold celebratory and commemorative events, surviving Great Patriotic War participants and home-front ... ... they moved to Russia, Ukraine, Israel and other countries [6] . www.flickr.com/photos/zz77 World War Two veteran, Leninskoe, Kyrgyzstan As a result, today’s young society in Central Asia largely rejects Soviet ideological models, methods and practices,...