Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the construction of national heritage
through the interpretation of sites and events, with a particular focus on hot interpretation at …

According to elite and mass surveys, the late-Soviet sociopolitical and economic order was
largely perceived as the only viable alternative to domestic political and economic status …

It is often asserted that the values and attitudes of Homo Sovieticus, marked in the rising
“popularity” of Stalin, live on in contemporary Russia, acting as a negative factor in social …

According to elite and mass surveys, the late-Soviet sociopolitical and economic order was
largely perceived as the only viable alternative to domestic political and economic status …

The recent research on patriarchal ideology has mainly considered it in relation to politics,
society, economics and religion while the studies of actors in mediatization of patriarchal …

This article explores the role of place-based identity politics in constructions of the Russian
nation by nongovernmental actors in the cities of Kazan and Ekaterinburg. Departing from …

That Putin's regime has been able to put the memory of the Great Patriotic War (GPW) to
political use is hardly news to any observer of Russia. What is often overlooked, however, is …

This article explores bottom-up responses to the Kremlin's approach to nation-building in a
multi-ethnic state. How do residents of ethnically mixed cities navigate conflicting themes of …

The Russian state's commemoration of the centenary of the Russian Revolution was not
marked by any national events and there were few official pronouncements. Yet this article …

Political Myth as a Foreign Policy Instrument: Case Study of Russian Myth of ‘Great Patriotic
War’ Page 1 Jagiellonian University in Kraków Faculty of International and Political Studies …