Open AccessHistorical Memory of the First World War: Notes on its Shaping in Russia and in the West
Author(s) -
E. S. Senjavskaja
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
vestnik mgimo-universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9099
pISSN - 2071-8160
DOI - 10.24833/2071-8160-2009-2-5-31-36
Subject(s) - ideology , elite , politics , interpretation (philosophy) , power (physics) , history , historical memory , first world war , world war ii , great power , political science , ancient history , law , humanities , art , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , physics , quantum mechanics
The article deals with the reasons, why the First World War didn’t leave stable heroic symbols in the historical memory of the Russians and occupied only marginal place. The influence of ideological and political background on the interpretation of the past, the role of the power elite in shaping the aims of the retrospective propaganda. The picture of the military events of 1914 – 1918 in Russian and foreign fiction literature has been given on the comparative basis.