... of a past time and society.
Maurice Halbwachs
“Historical Memory and Collective Memory”
1950
On May 9, 2015, Russia will hold celebrations in memory of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Second World War (in Europe). Even the youngest ... ... the assistance from others. We should therefore respect the historic choices made back then and remember that the end of the World War II is the multinational achievement of all the countries and peoples of the coalition who each in their way contributed ...
... Korea celebrated the 70th anniversary of its liberation on August 15 this year. This achievement is a key part of the history of World War II.
The end of 40 years of Japanese colonial rule in Korea resulted from several factors, including the Korean people’s ... ... Il-Sung in December 1945
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. History of Korea (from ancient times to the present day). Volume 2, Moscow, 1974, p. 162. [in Russian] Secrecy lifted. The losses of the Armed Forces of the USSR in wars, combat operations and military conflicts. Statistical ...
If more far-reaching and serious political events did not occur in the world, considerably more attention would be devoted in Russian scientific circles and media to the attitude of Central-Eastern European countries to the Red Army’s victory in ... ... be represented at the 9 May 2015 celebrations by the country’s Ambassador accredited in Moscow”.
Larisa Smirnova:
World War II and Change of Generations:
Trauma, Myth, and Memory
The same argument was put forward in all cases: to visit Moscow ...
In the light of the geopolitical situation that has developed in relation to Russia’s foreign partners’ attitude to the country, the celebration of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Second World War will be a kind of litmus test both for Russia’s political elite and for the majority of the country’s ...
This is the official name of the holiday in France that celebrates victory in World War II. On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany signed the act of surrender in the headquarters of Anglo-American Commander-in-Chief ... ..., 1995. Invited by Boris Yeltsin, Jacques Chirac arrived in Moscow with some delay in order to avoid the military parade, as Russian troops involved in the conflict in Chechnya would take part in it.
The memorable and glorious dates of the Second World ...
This year, Russia and China will for the first time jointly commemorate their victory against fascism,... ... the heroic generations of the Russians and the Chinese who shouldered the burdens of World War II and suffered the greatest losses. Joint events in Moscow and Beijing also... ... in hospitals.
REUTERS/Toru Hanai/Pixstream
The Repentance Dilemma: Modern Japan and
WWII.
Сomments by Alexander Panov, and
Dmitry Streltsov.
Recipients include the daughters...
... of the Great Patriotic War is being fundamentally revised.
“Occupation” not liberation
Rewriting the history of World War II (and, accordingly, of the Great Patriotic War) began in the Baltic states before the Soviet Union’s collapse,... ... Latvia and Estonia. This “occupation doctrine” of the Baltic States (in an apt remark by Renald Kh. Simonyan, a Russian sociologist and researcher of the Baltic region) has led to a revision of these republics’ participation in the ...
... environment.
Alexander Panov
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially refused to participate in Russia’s May 9 events in Moscow. However, the reason is hardly due to the war... ... accepting guilt and issuing an apology. It was only in 1995, 50 years after the end of WWII, that Socialist Prime Minister Maruyama made a statement to apologize to the Asian... ... Congress.
Notably, former Prime Minister Kishi, Mr. Abe's grandfather, used to say that World War II was a sacrosanct experience and Japan had done nothing worth an apology...
... was "a disgrace to Poland's diplomatic service" for the Polish Foreign Minister to insist on his interpretation of Russia's role in World War II and insinuate about the format for celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Victory Day by disputing the grounds for ... ... the participation of EU countries. Since the German navy attack on the Polish garrison is considered as the starting point for WWII, Mr. Komorowski suggested holding the pan-European end-of-war event there as well.
Mr. Schetyna considered
this proposal ...
... changes. Some agreements, due to facts of history, need updating today.
The end of World War II marked the beginning of a bipolarity that ended in 1991 with the disintegration... ... modeling, monitoring and forecasting foreign policies based on external factors after Russia’s new Foreign Policy Concept was published.
Do you think new world wars... ... from.
I suggest you look at the successes our international relations achieved during WWII and after. What diplomats and the intelligence services did helped to bring the...
