Putin’s Search for a Useable Past

Appealing to the past? Vladimir Putin visits a soldiers' memorial cemetery in Staraya Russa, Russia, 2015. Image: Associated Press / Alexei Nikolsky / Alamy

Vladimir Putin has reimagined Russia's past throughout his political life.

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• Russia and Eurasia
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Vitaly Dymarsky

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