The Patriotic Turn and Re-Building Russia’s Historical Memory: Resisting the West, Leading the Post-Soviet East?

Kratochvíl, Petr; Shakhanova, Gaziza

doi:10.1080/10758216.2020.1757467

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“…Specifically, they focus on the "patriotic turn" in post-communist Russian politics across the Putin years and Medvedev interregnum, while also exploring the extent to which historical interpretations are similar in Russia and Kazakhstan. They identify two fundamental elements inherent in Russia's memory politics, namely an "anti-Western narrative and the renewed inclusion of the Soviet heritage both temporally and spatially" (Kratochvíl and Shakhanova 2020). Nevertheless, the societal reach of these programs, which mainly target youth, is not a foregone conclusion.…”

Section: Studying Memory In Russia and The Post-communist Neighborhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Approaching their research from the perspective of post-colonial and sub-altern studies, Kratochvíl and Shakhanova find that Russia's mnemonic positions are contested in Kazakhstan, where there is far lower acceptance of the heroic and Russo-centric narrative of World War II. Instead, people there tend to see the conflict as a national tragedy, a war that was peripheral to Kazakhstan's interests but one into which the republic was nonetheless dragged (Kratochvíl and Shakhanova 2020).…”

Section: Studying Memory In Russia and The Post-communist Neighborhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another type of spatial circulation concerns the supply-side flow of mnemonic frames from producers to potential consumers. For Malinova (2020), this involves the reception and effectiveness of presidential rhetoric; for Kratochvíl and Shakhanova (2020), it centers around the success of military-patriotic education efforts in Russia; for Soroka, the emphasis is on the ability of historians and other academics to translate the historical commission's work to politicians as well as publics. Meanwhile, Gerber and Laruelle (2020) focus on the efficacy of state-led attempts to influence mass opinion, as does Krawatzek (2020).…”

Section: Circulation Of Alternative Mnemonic Norms: the Russkii Mir And Diasporic Influencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, Kratochvíl and Shakhanova (2020) observe that Russian leaders desire to set the agenda when it comes to historical recall in the post-Soviet space, and that they "are intent on shaping the collective memory of the entire region." However, in order to accomplish this, Russia must essentially deny mnemonic agency to its neighbors.…”

Section: Circulation Of Alternative Mnemonic Norms: the Russkii Mir And Diasporic Influencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among our contributors, one prominent illustration of this latter mode of movement concerns efforts to inculcate specific historical views in young people, who are the explicit subjects of analysis for Kratochvíl and Shakhanova (2020) as well as Krawatzek (2020), but also figure into Gerber and Laruelle's (2020) research. 33 As Kratochvíl and Shakhanova (2020) explain, Russian youth have been the target of repeated state-led initiatives to promote "patriotic education," reflecting the growing emphasis accorded to the concept of patriotism over the course of the last two decades.…”

Section: Circulation Of Alternative Mnemonic Norms: the Russkii Mir And Diasporic Influencementioning

confidence: 99%

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2022

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The article explores the relationship between Orthodox religiosity and voting in Russia in 2011–2018. Using the theoretical framework of desecularization from above, which claims that church structures play a key role in the religious renaissance policy, we argue that the rise of the political influence of the ROC (Russian Orthodox Church) may be explained by its capacity for dissemination of traditional values that ultimately results in votes for United Russia and President Vladimir Putin in national elections. This study reveals the emergence of a new area on Russia’s political map—the belt – into Belt, which combines higher levels of Orthodox religiosity and pro-Kremlin voting in national elections. Using multiple empirical strategies we construct an index of religiosity on the regional level and identify the Orthodox Belt regions, test the relationship between Orthodox religiosity and voting in the national elections in 2011–2018, and test the differences in value orientations and electoral support between the Orthodox Belt regions and other ones. Finally, two model regions of the Orthodox Belt—Tambov and Lipetsk—are explored. We conclude that non-Orthodox Belt regions in Russia with higher Orthodox religiosity, conservatism, and loyalty are an emerging trend in Russian political geography.

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Defending History? The Impact of Context and Speaker in Russia

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Political attempts to control how the past may be represented have flourished in the twenty-first century. Russia participates in this trend, having taken steps to legislatively and juridically safeguard the legacy of the USSR’s involvement in World War II. This has institutionalized an interpretation of the fight against Nazism that was already widely held in society, making the Russian case a “hard test” for evaluating when the violation of a historical norm is deemed appropriate and what the impact of a memory law might be relative to other factors. Drawing on two vignette experiments conducted in 2021, our article demonstrates both that the discursive context in which a controversial statement about the past is made matters when respondents assess whether the person making it should be punished and that criticism of a historical norm is more likely to be accepted when it emanates from an in-group member. We also find that the state has limited ability to influence societal attitudes regarding history. Moreover, a willingness to defend state-led interventions into how the past is depicted aligns with support for the political system but the latter does not necessarily overlap with individuals’ historical views, underscoring the multidimensional nature of collective memory.

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The Patriotic Turn and Re-Building Russia’s Historical Memory: Resisting the West, Leading the Post-Soviet East?

Cited by 16 publications

References 26 publications

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

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

From the Red Belt to the Bible Belt? Religiosity and Voting in Russia since 2011

Defending History? The Impact of Context and Speaker in Russia

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