This book examines the societal dynamics of memory politics in Russia. Since Vladimir Putin became president, the Russian central government has increasingly ac

This book discusses the diverse practices and discourses of memory politics in Russia and Eastern Europe. It argues that currently prevailing conservativism has

This edited collection contributes to the current vivid multidisciplinary debate on East European memory politics and the post-communist instrumentalization and

While Joseph Stalin is commonly reviled in the West as a murderous tyrant who committed egregious human rights abuses against his own people, in Russia he is of

A major contribution to our understanding of present-day historical consciousness through a study of memory laws across Europe.