New Reichstag for Moscow children to storm – ‘a universal meme’ for Putin’s Russia, Movchan says
Last week the Russian defense ministry said that it was building “a mini-Reichstag” at a Moscow amusement park…
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World War II / WW2 / Second World War (1939-1945)
77 years ago, Nazi and Soviet forces celebrated their joint defeat of Poland
Many people forget that Stalin's Soviet Union and Hitler's Third Reich were allies in the beginning of the World War II.…
June 22, 1941 – the day Hitler and Stalin ceased to be allies
Seventy-five years ago, Adolf Hitler attacked the USSR, thus ending a period of almost two years when he…
Archives show Stalin was ready to give Hitler Ukraine and the Baltics
A few days after Hitler broke his alliance with Stalin and invaded the Soviet Union, the Soviet dictator…
A short history of the Ukrainian greeting “Slava Ukrayini!”
Historians claim that the phrase “Slava Ukrayini!” (Glory to Ukraine!) first appeared in the Black Zaporozhtsi Cavalry Regiment,…
Polish religious leaders support Ukrainian letter of repentance for Volyn
Polish Metropolitan Archbishops called for unity with Ukrainians and holding a dialogue regarding the difficult common past. On…
Weak desovietization complicates WWII commemorations in Ukraine — analyst
We have a sad anniversary. On the one hand, it was the victory of the anti-Hitler coalition. On…
The Ukrainian who saved Krakow from destruction and other little-known WWII heroes
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs gathered five remarkable stories of Ukrainians helping citizens of other countries during World…
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…
WWII. Now the occupier is Putin not Hitler
On the eve of the anniversary of the victory over Nazism in World War II, the Russian Foreign…
Defending our memory and pain from Russia’s Victory Day exploits
Over the past two years, many have written that the propaganda cult in Russia surrounding Victory Day is a…
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…
Russian media operates by law of war, tapping into Great Patriotic War myth
The Great Patriotic War was chosen as a central foundational myth by the leadership of the USSR. It…
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…
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…
This awesome series of posters links Ukraine’s current struggle to WWII
Despite Russian propaganda's allegations of Ukraine's new government's attempts to erase the victory over Nazism from memory, Ukrainians…
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…