Russian historian: 2014 Ukrainian Maidan affecting Russia much as 1863 Polish revolt did
Drawing on Richard Pipes’ argument that the 1863 Polish revolt was viewed by many Russians as an illegitimate…
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Moscow’s attacks on Cossacks show limits of Putin’s ‘reconciliation’ program
“Reconciliation is a good thing, and hostility is bad,” Igor Klyamkin says. “But there are reconciliations and reconciliations,”…
De-Sovietization in Ukraine: 871 cities, towns and villages freeing their names from the Soviet legacy
Communities of 871 Ukrainian cities, towns and villages will give them new names or return to their historical…
Understanding the Ukrainians in WWII. Part 2. Stories of Ukrainians in the Red Army
Ukrainians were a major presence in the Red Army from the beginning of September 1939 until the bitter…
Tatar historian: ‘Russians are no more European than are the Tatars’
European scholars now recognize that no one can understand the present without a thorough understanding of the Middle…
Ukrainian conflict is between ‘heirs of Kyivan Rus’ and ‘heirs of Golden Horde’
“The Ukrainian-Russian conflict is to a significant degree a conflict between the heirs of Kyivan Rus [Ukraine] and…
Ukraine and Poland to investigate Volyn tragedy in joint historical commission
The Ukrainian (UINP) and Polish (IPN) Institutes of National Remembrances have made a decision to create a joint historical…
Commemoration and history: Russia’s uncomfortable truths
May is a month for commemorations. Today, May 18, is the 71st anniversary of the deportation of the…
Geopolitical conquests will not save Russia’s national pride, Moscow scholars say
Staunton, May 15 – The pride that people feel in their country consists of two elements: a cognitively…
“Jewish card” of Kremlin propaganda
Russian television and Internet media covering events in Ukraine have tried to play the “Jewish card” for a…
May 1945: We got to Berlin! Glory to Putin for that!
Oleg Kashin via Kashin: "When Putin came to the top, to construct his regime of personal power, he…
Putin’s young “Janissaries”
Close to a thousand years ago, when sultans of the Ottoman Empire were looking for obedient soldiers to…
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…
Russia’s Victory Day: Basking in The Light of Another’s Glory
This week all over the world people and nations are commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the…
A photo from the occupied Sevastopol: The Bell of Chersonesos
You might say this picture is out of focus, colors are washed out, and its overall photographic value…
The dissemination of misinformation. A review of a Guardian Newspaper review of a bad book
One of the recurring themes of Soviet apologetics vis-à-vis contemporary Russian apologetics is the way the early part…
In opening access to Communist totalitarian archives, Ukraine draws on European experience
In the European Union the first intergovernmental standard governing archival policies and practices was passed fifteen years ago. Ukraine…
Occupation of Crimea repeats Latvia’s occupation by USSR
Latvia’s Second World War history has always been in conflict with the discourse of the Great Patriotic War…
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…