History, Myth And The Struggle Over Crimea (Igor Torbakov, Eurasia review - EurasiaNet)

15.03.2014 08:42

When empires collapse, disputes over new borders – both political and cultural – are inevitable. Such disputes are especially acrimonious, and often turn violent, when the territory in dispute involves what the eminent French historian Pierre Nora called lieux de memoire – “places of memory” that are revered by citizens of a nation.

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