The Phenomenon of the Historical Memory of Stalinism in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Cover Image

Fenomén historickej pamäti o stalinizme v Ruskej federácii a v Bieloruskej republike
The Phenomenon of the Historical Memory of Stalinism in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

Author(s): Vjačeslav Ivanovič Meňkovskij
Contributor(s): Michal Šmigeľ (Translator)
Subject(s): History
Published by: Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Mateja Bela
Keywords: Russian Federation; Republic of Belarus; Stalinism; USSR; social sciences and humanities; historical memory

Summary/Abstract: In Belarus and Russia, the attitude of both the authorities and the public toward the Soviet past and Soviet history has mostly been a complicated one. This array of issues definitely incorporates the history of Stalinism in all its dimensions and ramifications. Presently, the objective analysis of the historical experience of the Stalin period of the Soviet history is becoming, afresh, a matter of common civic significance. It has become the primary objective of national historiographies to “develop new national histories” and alter the paradigms created in the Soviet years.

  • Issue Year: 2/2016
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 119-127
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Slovak, Russian