This study focuses on different forms of civil memory activism and their broader
consequences in two neighboring powers in the South Caucasus: Turkey and Russia. Civil
memory activism is crucial not only for opening up a novel space for dealing with the past
but also for strengthening civil society and non-state initiatives. Moreover, the notions of
justice and truth that are very much at the heart of these forms of commemorative activism
reveal tensions among the concrete demands of different stakeholders in the context of …

… Genocide through civil initiatives on genocide commemoration whereas for Russia, we
decided to focus on the civic memory activism of the Armenian diaspora. This choice, … For
each case, we chose concrete examples of civic memory activism. For a deepened …