Barash R. (2018) Mythologization of the Soviet Past and Prospects for Historical Reconciliation in Russia. In: Lily Gardner Feldman, Raisa Barash, Samuel Goda, André Zempelburg. The Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe between Conflict and Reconciliation. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: 49-64. DOI: 10.13109/9783666560330.49.

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Barash R. (2018) Mythologization of the Soviet Past and Prospects for Historical Reconciliation in Russia. In: Lily Gardner Feldman, Raisa Barash, Samuel Goda, André Zempelburg. The Former Soviet Union and East Central Europe between Conflict and Reconciliation. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: 49-64. DOI: 10.13109/9783666560330.49.

Contents

Lily Gardner Feldman Introduction to the Present Volume .... .... ..... ..... . . 7

Martin Leiner Setting the Stage: An Introductory Clarification of Concepts of East Central Europe . .... .... . . .... .... ..... ..... . . 13

Samuel Goda The OSCE and Reconciliation: between Theory and Practice .... . . 33

Raisa Barash Mythologization of the Soviet Past and Prospects for Historical Reconciliation in Russia ..... ..... .... ..... .... . . . 49

Olga Konkka Russian Internal Narratives about the “Western Enemy” as a Barrier for Reconciliation: The Example of School History Textbooks ... . . 65

Matthew Rojansky Russian-Ukrainian Relations: Conflict and Reconciliation over Shared History . ... ..... .... . . .... .... ..... ..... . . 83

Karina V. Korostelina Reconciliation in Ukraine: within and across the boundary . .... . . 105

Katja Wezel Memory Conflicts as Barrier to Reconciliation: Post-Soviet Disputes between the Baltic States and Russia ... .... ..... ..... . . 131

Annam#ria Kiss The Means and Ends of Russo-Georgian “Normalization”: What is beyond the “Red Lines”? ..... ..... .... ..... .... . . . 149

Jolanta Jonaszko Disarming Memory : The Katyn Massacre and Reconciliation in Polish-Russian Relations 1990–2015 ... .... ..... ..... . . 167

Klaus Bachmann Polish-Ukrainian Reconciliation after World War II . ... ..... . . 189

Mimoza Telaku and Shifra Sagy Perceptions of Collective Narratives and Acculturation Attitudes: The case of Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo . . . ... .... . . .... . . 211

About the Editors .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... . . 225

About the Authors ... ..... ..... .... ..... .... . . . 227