“Death Parade” on Victory Day (Minsk, 2020)
Institute of National Remembrance Review, No. 3 (2021), pages: 211-242
Publication date: 2021-12-30
Abstract
Keywords
Great Patriotic War • Belarus • politics of history • celebration of Victory Day • COVID-19
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