Russia’s national past: unpicking history from propaganda
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The Myths of the Russians
Historical myths are locked into a whole cultural infstructure of books, paintings and music. They form part of the russian belief system in so far as they reflect some very basic story lines that most russians believe to be true. So this is a sort of basic format of story about where russia sits in the world er the propaganda ar that putin can develop. Now, youow, it sits with it very comfortably. For it's not coincidental that in a pole. About ten years ago, alexandernevsky actually came top as the most important rRussian ever. It's the tory, equally, of alexander the first, you know
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