Overcoming Forgetfulness: How Central Asian Societies and Elites Perceive the Great Patriotic War
... battlefields such as Mamayev Kurgan in Russia. But on the other hand, geographical non-attachment helps avoid many thorny questions, such as pressing issue of collaboration under the occupation. www.flickr.com/photos/azwegers World War Two veteran, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, May 4, 2008 Unlike Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and the Baltic states, Central Asia was not a theater of war. Second, perceptions of the Great Patriotic War in Central Asia are prominently affected by the population’s youthfulness....
12.05.2015