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Putin’s Russia and the Falsification of History: Reasserting Control over the Past

Posted By: arundhati
Putin’s Russia and the Falsification of History: Reasserting Control over the Past

Anton Weiss-Wendt, "Putin’s Russia and the Falsification of History: Reasserting Control over the Past"
English | ISBN: 1350130532 | 2020 | 336 pages | PDF | 25 MB

This book provides a bold examination of the political use of history in contemporary Russia. Anton Weiss-Wendt argues that history is yet another discipline misappropriated by the Kremlin for the purpose of rallying the population. He explains how, since the pro-democracy protests in 2011–12, the Russian government has hamstrung independent research and aligned state institutions in the promotion of militant patriotism. The entire state machinery has been mobilized to construe a single, glorious historical narrative with the focus on Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.



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