How Putin is rewriting history | Géopolitis

Commemorations and the teaching of history are being reshaped in Russia to fit the historical narrative that the government wants to promote, against the backdrop of the justification for the invasion of Ukraine.
Guest: Korine Amacher, Professor of Russian and Soviet History, University of Geneva
Presentation: Laurent Huguenin-Élie
Contents:
00:00 Controlling and rewriting history in Russia
02:09 In Russia, textbooks at the service of power
05:47 Korine Amacher: "Some chapters in Russian textbooks are really propaganda".
09:30 Discourses on history at the heart of Vladimir Putin's political communication
12:10 Korine Amacher: "Many Russians are convinced that Ukrainians are collectively Nazis"
16:41 In Russia, the mobilization of mothers and wives of soldiers sent to Ukraine
19:03 Korine Amacher: "As soon as a breach opens up, Russians infiltrate the breach to shout their anger"
23:50 In 1990, a history lesson on Stalinism in Belarus
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