... central, nonetheless constitute important elements of their national biographies.
China and the DPRK: The Great Victory
Echoes of World War II. RIAC Special Project on how the memory of WWII influences politics and society in the world (In Russian)
A triumphalist ... ... the war itself was largely perceived as “someone else’s conflict.”
Iran and Turkey: An Uncomfortable Past
In Iran’s historical memory, the country’s involvement in the Second World War occupies an inherently ambiguous place. The war is viewed ...
... Moscow’s streets at the time), and there was nothing worse than having to be on the side of the “Nazis.”
Larisa Smirnova:
World War II and Change of Generations: Trauma, Myth, and Memory
I remember when May 9 was first made a national holiday. The ... ... Copenhagen rather than Berlin. The Great Victory of 1945 is a valid reason to be proud for any Russian who has not lost their historical memory and their sense of national identity. Whatever happened next, this remains our celebration, our triumph, and ...
... – not the Germans, not the French, not the Poles, not the Americans… And certainly not the Soviet people. And they repeated like a mantra: “Just don’t let there be war…”
This psychological frame of mind, dictated by historical memory, is another factor that has prevented World War III from breaking out
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This psychological frame of mind, dictated by historical memory, is another factor that has prevented World War III from breaking out.
I think that a vital role was also played by the fact that countries such as the ...
