{"product_id":"9789819203505","title":"In Search of Russian Antiquity The “Conservative Turn” and Memory Politics in the Regions of Central Russia","description":"\u003ch1\u003eIn Search of Russian Antiquity\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe “Conservative Turn” and Memory Politics in the Regions of Central Russia\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKonstantin Pakhaliuk\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eThis book, based on extensive first-hand research conducted between 2020 and 2024, places “Russian antiquity” in the center of analysis, and addresses memory-making in the regions. The author seeks to examine how public history is managed in Old Russian cities, who the mnemonic actors are, which narratives are institutionalized, how cultural heritage is reinterpreted, and how federal and regional historical narratives interact. How did existing approaches to the past contributed to legitimization of aggressive wars and the federal government's assumed right to arbitrarily initiate conflicts and compel citizens to participate in them? The book focuses on the period from 2012 to 2022, which saw the strengthening of personalist authoritarianism in Russia accompanied by a “conservative turn” whose roots lie in nineteenth-century nationalism. The book includes case studies of 12 regional capitals founded before 1584 (the year of Ivan the Terrible’s death, his rule marked the emergence of the centralized Russian state).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eKonstantin Pakhaliuk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e (born 1991) is a Russian–Israeli historian and political scientist. He earned a PhD in Political Science in 2020. He taught courses in history, political science, and contemporary international relations at \u003cem\u003eMGIMO\u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003eUniversity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRussian State University for the Humanities\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe \u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eEuropean University at Saint Petersburg \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand others. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eIn June 2024, he was designated a “foreign agent” by the Russian Ministry of Justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePakhaliuk\u003c\/strong\u003e collaborates with a range of media outlets, including \u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNovaya Gazeta Europe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRepublic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Moscow Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. He has been a postdoctoral fellow and subsequently an affiliated researcher at \u003cem\u003ethe \u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eRuppin Academic Center\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (Israel). In 2025 he got a fellowship from the Mieroszewski Centre to finish a monograph about the Osowiec fortress in WWI.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eHe is the author of more than 90 scholarly publications in Russian, English, German, French, and Spanish, and has edited or co-edited 22 academic volumes (collections of articles, documents, and memoirs). His research interests include the Russian army in the First World War; the Holocaust; memory politics in contemporary Russia; discourse analysis theory; contemporary international relations; and Z-culture and Russia’s new militarism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Singapore\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789819203505\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e478\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47202592030860,"sku":"9789819203505","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819203505.jpg?v=1781087702","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789819203505","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}