... these questions, the article undertakes narrative analysis of publicly available texts produced by members of Russia’s strategic community in the run-up to and during the invasion. historical analogies memory Russian foreign policy nuclear coercion Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine Russia’s full...

.... The patterns of frustration were contrastingly opposite: The past was dominated by the memory of oppression, of curtailed self-actualization yet fulfilled basic needs. In contrast, current democracy allowed for free self-actualization but the intensity of the current frustrations has exceeded the past...

...Miguel Vázquez-Liñán This paper explores the hegemonic discourse on historical memory in contemporary Russia, in addition to its political implications. Furthermore, the role played by the Russian media system in the dissemination of the memory discourse endorsed by the Kremlin, and its impact...

...Andrew Foxall Much recent literature in cultural, political and social geography has considered the relationship between identity, memory, and the urban landscape. This paper interrogates such literature through exploring the complex materialisation of memorialisation in post-Soviet Russia. Using...

...Jerzy Jedlicki Memory of collective wrongs and atrocities suffered in the past from another nation or ethnic group often burdens a present conflict with strong resentment and makes it appear as a historical repetition or redress. There are many examples in recent history of Eastern Europe...