Shifting Memorialization of WWII in Latvia
After the USSR re-occupied Latvia from Nazi Germany in 1944, they constructed a narrative that framed the USSR as a welcome liberator. This was designed…
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At the time he wrote for this site, Alexander Assoufid was an undergraduate majoring in Russian and Eastern European Studies and International Relations at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Holodomor Remembrance and Ukrainian Nation Building
The memory of the Holodomor has become integral to modern Ukrainian identity. Having lived through that tragic and horrible event as a nation, it is…