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Memory Makers - Jade McGlynn

Memory Makers

The Politics of the Past in Putin's Russia

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Buch | Softcover
248 Seiten
2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-52222-0 (ISBN)
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Explores the Kremlin’s use of Russian history and media to cement a particular patriotic history into everyday Russian life, using the past to justify its policies, legitimize its rule, and redefine what it means to be 'good' Russian.
Why aren’t ordinary Russians more outraged by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? Inside the Kremlin’s own historical propaganda narratives, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine makes complete sense. From its World War II cult to anti-Western conspiracy theories, the Kremlin has long used myth and memory to legitimize repression at home and imperialism abroad, its patriotic history resonating with and persuading large swathes of the Russian population.

In Memory Makers, Russia analyst Jade McGlynn takes us into the depths of Russian historical propaganda, revealing the chilling web of nationwide narratives and practices perforating everyday life, from after-school patriotic history clubs to tower block World War II murals. The use of history to manifest a particular Russian identity has had grotesque, even gruesome, consequences, but it belongs to a global political pattern – where one’s view of history is the ultimate marker of political loyalty, patriotism and national belonging. Memory Makers demonstrates how the extreme Russian experience is a stark warning to other nations tempted to stare too long at the reflection of their own imagined and heroic past.

Jade McGlynn is a Researcher in the War Studies department at King’s College London. She is the author of Russia’s War (2023) and editor of two volumes on memory politics and history in Eastern Europe. She holds a PhD from the University of Oxford, where she previously worked as a Lecturer in Russian. Jade’s research focusses on national identity, memory, media and popular culture in Russia and Ukraine. She is a frequent contributor to international media, including BBC, CNN, DW, Foreign Policy, The Times, The Telegraph and The Spectator.

Acknowledgements
Note on Transliteration, Translation and Citation Style
List of Abbreviations
1. Taking Back Control of History
2. The Kremlin’s Memory Policies
3. Past as Present: The Historical Framing of Ukraine, Sanctions and Syria
4. Amplifying the Call to History
5. Living Forms of Patriotism
6. Attaining Cultural Consciousness
7. The Endlessness of History
References
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 19.2.2026
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 232 mm
Gewicht 340 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10 1-350-52222-8 / 1350522228
ISBN-13 978-1-350-52222-0 / 9781350522220
Zustand Neuware
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