Preserving the Myth, with the Politics in the Background: the Great Patriotic War in the Politics of History of Belarus
Institute of National Remembrance Review, No. 3 (2021), pages: 179-209
Publication date: 2021-12-30
Abstract
Keywords
Great Patriotic War • Belarus • Alyaksandr Lukashenka • politics of history
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