Join the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute for a talk with Larisa Deriglazova, Nina Tumarkin and Nikolay Koposov on Victory Day and Russia's politics of history. 

Seventy five years after the end of World War II, Victory Day has become Russia’s most prominent national holiday and a cornerstone of the Kremlin’s politics of memory. Built around the glorification of Russia’s military successes and the Russian people’s heroism and victimhood, the official May 9 commemorations are meant to symbolize a resurgent Russia. But Victory Day is also a point of confluence for unofficial and deeply held personal and family memories as well as the memory of Stalin’s terror. Professors Larisa Deriglazova, Nina Tumarkin and Nikolay Koposov will discuss the upcoming commemorations--this year significantly tamped down because of the coronavirus pandemic--and the politics of memory associated with the day.

RSVP is requested and can be found at this link.

Speakers:

Larisa Deriglazova, professor, department of world politics; head, Centre for European Studies; head, master degree program on EU Studies, Tomsk State University, Russia

Nina Tumarkin, professor of Slavic Studies, professor of history, director of Russian Area Studies Program, Wellesley College

Nikolay Koposov, visiting scholar, Emory University

Izabella Tabarosky (moderator), senior program associate, Kennan Institute