Victory Day in the South Caucasus: Uncharacteristic Solidarity in the Conflict-Ridden Region
... attitude to the past and current policies. Georgia has broken away from the Russian and Soviet past more than Azerbaijan and Armenia, which have taken a more selective attitude towards these issues. However, examples of paradoxically close commemorative ... ... be found even in the conflicting countries. The Day of Victory (or Victory Day) in the Great Patriotic War (the name given to World War II in Russia and other former Soviet countries, dating from the Soviet Union’s entrance into the conflict in 1941) ...
08.05.2015