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<p>The eras of Glasnost and Perestroika forced the citizens of the former Soviet Union to take a&#xa0;fresh look at their history and at the rituals and celebrations that were an integral part of it: for example, commemorations of the anniversary of the October Revolution—an event that discredited itself following exposés published at the end of the twentieth century. The victory over Nazi Germany in World War&#xa0;II, enshrined in Russian collective consciousness as the Great Patriotic War, remained in the memory of millions of citizens of the new Russia as a&#xa0;unifying historical fact and a&#xa0;matter of national pride—what American psychologist Vamik D.&#xa0;Volkan defines as “chosen glory.” The significance of this event and of various generations’ involvement in it—from the direct participants in military operations to their children and grandchildren—turned out to be virtually the only historical locus around which the new authorities began to construct the new Russian identity. At the foundation of such a&#xa0;process lies an emotional approach to the history of the war, which American cultural scholar Serguei Alex Oushakine has defined as the “affective management of history”. The article examines the practices and strategies of such management at the medial, material, and textual levels.</p>

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Making public private: re/production of historical knowledge through media, material culture, and personal recollection in contemporary Russia

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    2026年7月10日

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  • Marina Balina

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The eras of Glasnost and Perestroika forced the citizens of the former Soviet Union to take a fresh look at their history and at the rituals and celebrations that were an integral part of it: for example, commemorations of the anniversary of the October Revolution—an event that discredited itself following exposés published at the end of the twentieth century. The victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, enshrined in Russian collective consciousness as the Great Patriotic War, remained in the memory of millions of citizens of the new Russia as a unifying historical fact and a matter of national pride—what American psychologist Vamik D. Volkan defines as “chosen glory.” The significance of this event and of various generations’ involvement in it—from the direct participants in military operations to their children and grandchildren—turned out to be virtually the only historical locus around which the new authorities began to construct the new Russian identity. At the foundation of such a process lies an emotional approach to the history of the war, which American cultural scholar Serguei Alex Oushakine has defined as the “affective management of history”. The article examines the practices and strategies of such management at the medial, material, and textual levels.