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Many Memories of the Soviet Union’s World War II / Edele, Mark

Edele, Mark	Journal Article
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This article sketches the multiple and often contradictory memories of the Soviet Union’s World War II. It suggests ways in which historians could deal with this cacophony of voices about this contested past.

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Soviet Union ; World War II

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ID: 147052

Violence from below: explaining crimes against civilians across Soviet space, 1943–1947 / Edele, Mark; Slaveski, Filip

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The end of World War II brought little relief to the lands it ravaged most. Mass wartime violence continued in the Soviet space beyond the ‘false peace’ of 1945. Historians have sought to explain this violence in terms of the ‘wartime brutalisation’ of state and citizens alike, though this approach is limited in explaining how and why violence continued after 1945. This article shifts focus from psychology to social history to argue that the disintegration of Soviet state control is central to explaining the enduring violence after 1945 and understanding its emergence as much ‘from below’ as ‘from above’.

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Violence ; Crimes against Civilians ; Soviet Space ; 1943–1947

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ID: 175633

Who won the Second World War and why should you care? reassessing Stalin’s War 75 years after victory / Edele, Mark

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Seventy-five years after the Red Army won the war in Europe, this victory is marred by two controversies. The first asks: What was the contribution of the Soviets to victory in World War II? The second is a confrontation between East European and Russian war memories: Was Soviet victory a just war or a totalitarian nightmare of suppression, conquest, and terror? This essay reviews these polemics and argues that if put together, these two separate debates have some unintended consequences of how we assess the strategic alliances of the Second World War.

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Historiography ; Soviet Union ; World War II

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