Neighbours of the Empire: Images of Russia in Lithuanian and Polish Textbooks

In the paper, we analyze the image of the Soviet Union and Russia presented by the Lithuanian and Polish states to the youngest generation. Our empirical data comes from textbooks for social sciences and recent history, beginning from the gaining independence of both countries after the First World...

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Published in:Journal of Eurasian studies 2024, 15(2), , pp.131-144
Main Authors: Błaszczak, Tomasz, Głowacka-Grajper, Małgorzata, Kamuntavičius, Rūstis, Nowakowska, Agnieszka
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Language:English
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지역학
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Summary:In the paper, we analyze the image of the Soviet Union and Russia presented by the Lithuanian and Polish states to the youngest generation. Our empirical data comes from textbooks for social sciences and recent history, beginning from the gaining independence of both countries after the First World War until the aggression on Ukraine in 2014. We focused on the ways of presenting to the pupils the politics, society, and culture of the Soviet and Russian states. We show how textbooks present the Russian state as irrational and dangerous and how the longue durée of the imperial thinking is seen as the leitmotiv of the narratives on Russian history.
ISSN:1879-3665
1879-3673
DOI:10.1177/18793665241270847