How Russian authorities occupy historical memory / Nikolai Epple, “An Inconvenient Past”

Why are the Russian authorities trying to rewrite history? How does this relate to the war in Ukraine? Why does Russia have no vision of the future? And what can each person do to preserve history? The new guest of “As Now” is Nikolai Epple, a researcher of historical memory and author of the book “The Inconvenient Past”. Help us produce new episodes of “How Now”: <a href="https://ovdinfo.media/godou5mH" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ovdinfo.media/godou5mH</a> All social networks of OVD-Info: <a href="https://ovdinfo.taplink.ws" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://ovdinfo.taplink.ws</a> If you are detained at a protest Write: <a href="https://t.me/OvdInfoBot" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/OvdInfoBot</a> Call: 8 800 707-05-28 00:00 Intro 00:51 Why does the Prosecutor General&#039;s Office want to cancel decisions on the rehabilitation of victims of Soviet repression? 06:17 Why are they increasingly saying that the authorities are trying to revise the history of Russia?  08:50 What is the connection between the war in Ukraine and Russia’s unresolved past? 13:03 Why is the Russian government so focused on the past, without saying anything about the future? 15:50 Can the state “occupy” memory and rewrite history forever? 17:36 What can ordinary people do to preserve this memory? 20:49 What examples of personal resistance from history inspire you? 24:12 What can we now learn from studying the history of Soviet dissidents? 26:14 How should work with historical memory be organized after the end of the war? 27:39 What&#039;s the first thing you&#039;ll do when the war ends? #how is it now #apple #ovdinfo