When the Past Is Not Another Country: The Battlefields of History in Russia

Soroka, George; Krawatzek, Félix

doi:10.1080/10758216.2021.1966989

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“…We may also expect different narrative landscapes depending on the group, their political context and history. For example, Soroka & Krawatzek (2021) suggested that historical narratives in Russia are likely to be hegemonic and more stable given the heavy and prolonged influence of the state in history education. Narratives provide the tools for mobilising individuals as members of a group, and knowing these narratives provides us with the understanding of how these tools work, are used and can be changed by people embedded within these groups.…”

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“…The realisation of a group charter as an expression of collective identity ought to be determined by the extent to which individuals believe and resonate with the narratives that they are exposed to. In other words, it is important to recognise the mnemonic agency of individuals to collaborate and engage with the historical narratives that are offered to them (Kansteiner, 2002; Soroka & Krawatzek, 2021). As such, Liu and László (2007) acknowledged the need to measure individual differences in the extent to which people resonate with national narratives as a key mediator to narrative impact (see also Klar & Baram, 2016).…”

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Identifying stories of ‘us’: A mixed‐method analysis of the meaning, contents and associations of national narratives constructed by Americans

Choi,

Liu

2023

Euro J Social Psych

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How do lay individuals reconstruct, appropriate or resist culturally sanctioned narratives about their nation's past? The current study examined this question through an open‐ended survey administered to a US sample, stratified by age and gender (N = 399). We identified three major historical narratives that were popular among Americans. Specifically, we identified positive narratives of the nation's progress over time and glorifying narratives of American exceptionalism, alongside a popular counter‐narrative that was critical of the nation as reproducing ongoing cycles of injustice. Representations of national origins were significantly more salient for the narratives of Progress and Glorification, while more recent and lived events were salient for Critical narratives. Progress and Critical narratives were both associated with a constructive orientation to national identity, while Glorifying narratives were associated with blind patriotism. Critical and Glorifying narratives were consistently opposed in their associated political attitudes and in their patterns of endorsement across party affiliations. Overall, it appeared that narratives of progress were most popular and least polarised. We discuss the implications of these findings through the perspective that narratives provide dynamic content for identity construction as well as the means for articulating resistance to hegemony within specific historical and political contexts.

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Identifying stories of ‘us’: A mixed‐method analysis of the meaning, contents and associations of national narratives constructed by Americans

Choi,

Liu

2023

Euro J Social Psych

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“…Dagen er en enorm begivenhet som gjennom det siste tiåret i økende grad blir brukt til å markedsføre Kremls patriotiske og militariserte narrativ om andre verdenskrig, men som også brukes til å bekjempe «the influence of conflicting Western narratives inside the Russian public domain» (Kratochvíl & Shakhanova, 2021, s. 442). Seiersdagen er mettet av militaerpatriotiske symboler, og brukes til å vise fram militaere avdelinger, moderne så vel som gamle stridsvogner, og annet militaert utstyr (Soroka & Krawatzek, 2021). Militaerparadane skaper inntrykk av at dagens Russland har de samme kapasiteter som Sovjetunionen -og dermed er i stand til å gjenta bragden (Fedor, 2017, s. 13;Malinova, 2017, s. 50-51).…”

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Monumental minnepolitikk: Russlands bruk av sovjetiske og russiske krigsminnesmerker i Nord-Norge 2014–2023

Aalmen Markussen

2024

Nordisk Østforum

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Monumental Memory Politics: Russia’s Utilization of Soviet and Russian War Memorials in Northern Norway 2014–2023This article explores how changes and developments of Kremlin’s WWII memory politics has impacted the use of Soviet and Russian war memorials by Russian diplomats in Northern Norway between 2014 and 2023. It examines the growing interest of Russia’s consulate general in Kirkenes in organizing joint commemorative events with local Norwegian politicians, notably on Russia’s Victory Day on May 9th. Since 2014, memory policy has increasingly become a constituent of security policy in Russia, and challenges to the official narrative of World War II are viewed as threats to national identity and integrity. How has Russia’s utilization of Soviet and Russian WWII memorials in Northern Norway changed between 2014–2023? This article demonstrates how the Consulate General has promoted the official Russian narrative of the Soviet Victory to memorials in Northern Norway and incorporated the use Russian military-patriotic symbols like St. George ribbons during its commemorations. Through its progressively assertive memory policy, the Consulate General has worked to inscribe Norway as an ally in Russia’s ongoing memory wars in Europe.

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“…(Ren.tv, January 15, 2020) In particular in his third presidential term, Putin has acted as a historian. He responded forcefully for instance against a 2019 European resolution that assigned co-responsibility to the Soviet Union for the outbreak of the war with reference to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact (Soroka and Krawatzek 2021). Instead, the Russian president underlined Polish antisemitism and the failed Allied policies of appeasement.…”

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A Foundation for Russia? Memories of World War II for Young Russians

Krawatzek

Frieß

2022

Nationalities Papers

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How do young Russians relate to World War II and the violence of the wartime period? This article explores the degree to which societal and elite-driven narratives about history converge in the context of a crucial historical anniversary. We demonstrate that the memory of World War II serves as an integrative historical event for an abstract, temporally transcendent idea of Russia. Our analysis draws on focus groups conducted among young people of different political orientation in June 2019, survey data targeting urban youth, conducted over three consecutive years (2018–2020), and cultural artifacts such as film and literature. There is significant overlap between the views that young people express about victory and commemoration and the prevailing cultural, political, educational, and historical discourses. However, there is significant controversy when it comes to the actual ways in which the current political regime remembers the victory, the role of Stalin, and how to understand violence against the civilian population. The shared historical view that the Putin regime has created therefore remains contested. Disagreement limits the extent to which memory can be a foundation for today’s political Russia as young respondents differentiate between their support for an abstract ideal of Russia and the existing political system.

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When the Past Is Not Another Country: The Battlefields of History in Russia

Cited by 11 publications

References 45 publications

Identifying stories of ‘us’: A mixed‐method analysis of the meaning, contents and associations of national narratives constructed by Americans

Identifying stories of ‘us’: A mixed‐method analysis of the meaning, contents and associations of national narratives constructed by Americans

Monumental minnepolitikk: Russlands bruk av sovjetiske og russiske krigsminnesmerker i Nord-Norge 2014–2023

A Foundation for Russia? Memories of World War II for Young Russians

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