State politics of memory and the values of the mass historical consciousness in Modern Russia: issues and contradictions
Journal Title: UNKNOWN - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue
Abstract
The article addresses the topical issues of the current condition of the state memory politics in the Russian Federation. It also identifies key risks and possible strategies of the implementation of the state memory politics in the Russian commemorative space. The state memory politics is considered through the context of values transformation of the Russian mass historical consciousness. The authors also determine the most important problems and contradictions of the further implementation of the state memory politics of the Russian Federation.
Authors and Affiliations
Evgenii Vladimirovich Belyaev, Andrei Aleksandrovich Linchenko
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