Posted on 01/10/2018 5:37:20 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
In The Long Hangover, Shaun Walker provides a deeply reported, bottom-up explanation of Russia's resurgence under Putin. By cleverly exploiting the memory of the Soviet victory over fascism in World War II, Putin's regime has made ordinary Russians feel that their country is great again. Shaun Walker provides new insight into contemporary Russia and its search for a new identity, telling the story through the country's troubled relationship with its Soviet past. Walker not only explains Vladimir Putin's goals and the government's official manipulations of history, but also focuses on ordinary Russians and their motivations. He charts how Putin raised victory in World War II to the status of a national founding myth in the search for a unifying force to heal a divided country, and shows how dangerous the ramifications of this have been.
The book explores why Russia, unlike Germany, has failed to come to terms with the darkest pages of its past: Stalin's purges, the Gulag, and the war deportations. The narrative roams from the corridors of the Kremlin to the wilds of the Gulags and the trenches of East Ukraine. It puts the annexation of Crimea and the newly assertive Russia in the context of the delayed fallout of the Soviet collapse. The Long Hangover is a book about a lost generation: the millions of Russians who lost their country and the subsequent attempts to restore to them a sense of purpose. Packed with analysis but told mainly through vibrant reportage, it is a thoughtful exploration of the legacy of the Soviet collapse and how it has affected life in Russia and Putin's policies.
(Excerpt) Read more at barnesandnoble.com ...
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/feb/17/stalin-popularity-among-russians-reaches-a-16-year/
pluz - stop the neocon balderdash
Russia is a now christian peaceful country that is our natural ally
I think Goldenstate_Rose is a bot. Its the only subject it posts on.
Christian perspective:
* Why Russia Can’t Be America’s Ally: What Putin Doesn’t Want You to Know About Moscow’s Persecution of Christians and Covert Support for Radical Islamists
(I would clarify and say why Putin’s* Russia can’t be an ally at the moment, not Russia in general or forever)
* We Don’t Have to Choose Between Putin and George Soros
http://dailysignal.com/2017/03/24/we-dont-have-to-choose-between-putin-and-george-soros/
* Josef Stalin statues go up in Russia as U.S. Civil War statues fall
* I would post also on China’s neglect of historical memory (like denial of Tiananmen Square, avoidance of public discussion on Mao’s murderous repressions) but I haven’t lived there so don’t feel as intimately acquainted with it...Whereas I’ve been in the thick of several “Victory Day” festivities and other historical memorial events, ceremonies, and holidays while living in Russia.
“We Don’t Have to Choose Between Putin and George Soros”
http://dailysignal.com/2017/03/24/we-dont-have-to-choose-between-putin-and-george-soros/
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Which daughter is she?
Part of that family. The site I got those pictures from had included the young girl too.
Grand-Duchess-Maria-Of-Russia-1906
Thanks. Such an adorable girl.
She along with her family were executed by the Communists.
It’s an incredibly sad story. The family now appears on numerous icons in Russia.
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