Army of marauders: the long history of Russian military looting, pillaging, and stealing
Military marauding is an enduring concept in warfare. However, the sight of Russian soldiers pillaging, killing and looting…
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Articles and News about World War II in Ukraine
Ukraine is a major battleground for understanding WWII: historian Serhii Plokhii
This year, May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War 2. Just prior to…
Jewish survivors of Babi Yar Holocaust massacre recall events, reconstruct exact shooting location
The massacre committed by the Nazis and local collaborators in the Babi Yar ravine on 29-30 September 1941,…
The Soviet foundations of Russia’s Great Patriotic War myth
Contents The myth of May 9The myth of the great victory of the Soviet peopleBrezhnev, L. The Great Victory of…
Even oppressed non-Russians made important contributions to war effort in WW2
A casual consumer of Russian propaganda outlets in advance of Moscow’s commemoration of Victory Day this year could…
Munich and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact revisited, Part 3: The way to European catastrophe
Read the previous parts: 1) The interwar prelude 2) Hitler’s Anschluss In the West, much sympathy existed with Hitler…
Munich and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact revisited, Part 2: Hitler’s Anschluss
Read the previous part: The interwar prelude If Stalin had an ambition for the conquest of Poland, so…
Munich and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact revisited, Part 1: The interwar prelude
More than we think, Soviet propaganda has influenced the way in which many see World War II. This…
Top-6 Soviet World War II myths used by Russia today
A new book published by the Institute of National Memory aims to bust Soviet-era myths about World War…
Soviet myths about World War II and their role in contemporary Russian propaganda
We often can understand what is happening today by looking at history. However, in the hands of Russian…
Understanding the Ukrainians in WWII Part 3. Of German plans and German collaborators.
On May 22 Volodymyr Katriuk, a Ukrainian World War II veteran and a suspected participant in the massacre…
Control over the past: Russia’s archival policy and Second World War myths
On the April 4, I read an article titled “Spies from the reading room.” It described how during the last…
Understanding the Ukrainians in WWII. Part 2. Stories of Ukrainians in the Red Army
On 19 September 1939, advanced units of the Soviet 6th army reached the outskirts of the city of…
Understanding the Ukrainians in WWII. Part 1
On April 11 1935, a document titled “Valuable Declarations” was published in translated form for the eyes of…
Memory of the Great Patriotic war in Russia’s expansionist policy
My subject today is “memory of the Great Patriotic war in Russia’s expansionist policy.” I will talk in…
The “Great Patriotic War” as a weapon in the war against Ukraine
Walter Benjamin begins his “Theses on the Philosophy of History” with the description of a mechanical device. It…