CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Khokhlova, Daria |
|---|---|
| Title | Confronting the West: Cold War Narratives in Russian School History Curricula since 1991 |
| Summary | This paper explores how the image of the Cold War developed in the Russian history curricula for secondary schools from 1991 until the present. It places the process of textbook writing into a broader context of educational reforms regulating Russian history. It connects major changes in the content of textbooks with the pluralisation of history in the 1990s, the standardisation and the first censorship attempts in the 2000s as well as with the unification of the history vision which was initiated in the 2010s. In the first period, narratives of the Cold War included more criticism of the USSR and described the shared responsibility of both sides for the confrontation. In the following decade, the criticism toward the USSR was softened but the account of the shared responsibility remained in the textbooks. Textbooks of the 2010s eliminated criticism of the USSR blaming the West for aggression throughout the conflict. Besides, these textbooks started employing more emotionally charged language and making the links of the Cold War with the present. This trend intensified in the newest unified history textbook issued in 2023. |
| Supervisor | Shaw Charles |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/khokhlova_daria.pdf |
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