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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Vua the Charlotte Observer, Georgia Institute of Technology professor Dina Khapaeva hears a rhyme. Here’s a bit from the parsing of the poesy:

As a scholar of historical memory , I have observed that references to the Russian Middle Ages are part of the Kremlin’s broader politics of using the medieval past to justify current agendas, something I have termed “political neomedievalism .”

Indeed, President Vladimir Putin’s government is actively prioritizing initiatives that use medieval Russia as a model for the country’s future.

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*Mark Twain.

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