Chuck Darwin<p>Two decades before the war against Ukraine, a “special operation” was launched against&nbsp;<a href="https://c.im/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/historical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historical</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a>, <br>aggressively reshaping the nation’s understanding of its history and identity. </p><p>The Kremlin’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/militarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>militarization</span></a> of Russia through World War II propaganda is well documented, but the <a href="https://c.im/tags/glorification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glorification</span></a> of Russian <a href="https://c.im/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medieval</span></a> society and its <a href="https://c.im/tags/warlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warlords</span></a> as a source of support for Putinism has&nbsp;yet to be explored. <br>This book offers the first comparison of Putin’s political <a href="https://c.im/tags/neomedievalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neomedievalism</span></a> and re-<a href="https://c.im/tags/Stalinization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stalinization</span></a> and introduces the concept of <a href="https://c.im/tags/mobmemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobmemory</span></a> to the study of right-wing populism.</p><p><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Putins-Dark-Ages-Political-Neomedievalism-and-Re-Stalinization-in-Russia/Khapaeva/p/book/9781032571485" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">routledge.com/Putins-Dark-Ages</span><span class="invisible">-Political-Neomedievalism-and-Re-Stalinization-in-Russia/Khapaeva/p/book/9781032571485</span></a></p>