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The Remains of the Red Day III - 1991-2021: The Dissolution and Future of an Illusion
Anatoly Grablevsky considers the lasting impact of the dissolution of the Soviet Union on the Russian national consciousness and its consequences for politics today.
The Remains of the Red Day I - The Long Shadow of the Russian Civil War
Anatoly Grablevsky explores the Russian Civil War’s lasting impact on the national consciousness in the first installment of his column ‘The Remains of the Red Day’.
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