Tag: Ukraine

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The power of stories untold

By Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

The historian Barbara Stelzl-Marx has been studying the repercussions of the Second World War for decades. Unresolved traumas from the war still play out across generations to this day. The war in Ukraine has now imbued what is otherwise a historical perspective with great topicality. Once again, we see a generation of children of war […] Continue reading “The power of stories untold”

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The role of religion in the Russian “culture war”

In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has tried to become an international influencer propagating conservative moral values. This is the research finding of Kristina Stoeckl, a sociologist of religion. Following Russia’s attack on Ukraine, many religiously inspired right-wing groups distanced themselves from Moscow at least for the time being. It remains to be seen […] Continue reading “The role of religion in the Russian “culture war””

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A child of the Cold War

Von Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

Kerstin S. Jobst, a specialist in Eastern European history at the University of Vienna, speaks about the impact of the Ukraine war on her research, about the background of the Russian invasion of its neighbour, about the origin of the deep-seated mistrust between East and West and about why this conflict represents a watershed in […] Continue reading “A child of the Cold War”

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Mixing like in a paint box

“Surzhyk” is a linguistic mix between Russian and Ukrainian that is widely used in oral communication in Ukraine. While there is already a larger body of research on “Old Surzhyk”, which is more strongly based on Ukrainian, there are still large research gaps in respect of “Neo-Surzhyk”, which sticks more closely to Russian. The Slavist […] Continue reading “Mixing like in a paint box”