... should have the right to decide whether this is done: 67% of respondents agreed with the neighbor. Yet, it might be wrong to interpret these results as a belief that the state should control the memory politics and as a fear of the state. During the second wave of polling in eight Russian regions...

... used by the state memory politics. Many scholars claim that the two memories are opposing: one is heroic and “nationalist,” the other is tragic and “cosmopolitan.” A study of regional memory politics and activism shows, however, that the interrelation between the two is more complicated. Rarely do...