Memory-politics
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Waarom Lenin niet wordt begraven in 2024
Afgelopen zondag 21 januari was het precies honderd jaar geleden dat Vladimir Lenin overleed. Zo lang als hij dood
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The weirdest Victory Day in Russian history
Victory Day in Russia, 75 years after the defeat of Nazi-Germany, was a weird celebration.The pandemic cancelled the military parade and a jubilee summit of world leaders, put in question the constitutional reform that would give Vladimir Putin the right to stay in power for life, and postponed the memory war between Russia and her neighbors.by Ivan Kurilla -
Burden of the battle of Stalingrad: no easy living in a city with a heroic past
More than 75 years after the Battle of Stalingrad the people of the city are still struggling with the past, writes
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