Historic memory in the political processes of the Post-soviet Baltic states

• Main Author: Andrey S. Skachkov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jurist, Publishing Group 2016-12-01
• Series: Sravnitelʹnaâ Politika
• Subjects: historic memory; political processes; ruling elites; historic images and myths; shaping of historical consciousness; confl ict of memories
• Online Access: https://www.comparativepolitics.org/jour/article/view/581
• ISSN: 2221-3279; 2412-4990

Abstract: After gaining independence in 1991 the ruling elites of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia actively used historical questions in the course of state building. They tried to base their policy on the rejection and personal interpretation of the Soviet past. This approach has led to a sharp ethnic conflict of historic memories and dramatically affected political processes in these countries.