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Role of cultural heritage sites
and tourism as a factor
of cultural sovereignty
Historical Research
The creation and functioning
of the penitentiary system in the Kaliningrad region in 1945–1949
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Realization of the cultural and educational potential of cultural policy within the framework
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Defining the structure and boundaries of the Outstanding Universal Value of an urban heritage site (the example of Saint Petersburg)
Family and genus in the historical and cultural heritage of the region
Research of paintings by Danish marine artists Carl and Wilhelm Bille by the Scientific Expertise Department of GOSNIIR
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Main results of the expedition
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Third cycle of UNESCO periodic reporting in the Russian Federation: reflection on the experience
On the problem of discovering and collecting archaeological objects
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Echo of the Crimean War: souvenirs “Memory of Sevastopol” in the collection of The Nizhniy Novgorod State Reserve Museum of History and Architecture
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Indian Ocean. Russian geographical names as objects of intangible cultural heritage
Obituaries of the magazine
“The Chasovoy” (1929–1988) –
a reflection of the history of White emigration
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Valery Nikolaevich Rastorguev
as a figure of culture and cultural studies
Publ. 12/11/2024
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DOI 10.34685/HI.2023.53.58.014
Semenov K.
‘Through you, Christian Russia and Christian Spain are being united’:
The Letters of Russian Volunteers of Francisco Franco's Army
Abstract. Around 150 Russian White émigré volunteers fought alongside the Nationalist faction during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Their epistolary legacy convincingly demonstrates that, with the time passing by, in the mind of these White Russian volunteers the October Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War somewhat merged with the Spanish events of 1936-1939.
Judging from their Russian experience, White émigrés easily interpreted the Spanish reality during the period of the Civil War, drew parallels between the past and the present, and used terminology from the Russian Civil War to brand the opposing sides, i.e. ‘the Reds’ and ‘the Whites’.
The conducted analysis of the given sources allows to conclude that the major part of the respondents identified the events in Russia and Spain, and also to speak of their special attitude towards the service in the Franco’s Army, which they perceived as a continuation of the White struggle of 1917–1922.
Key words: Spanish Civil War, Russians volunteers, letters, epistolary legacy.
Semenov Konstantin Konstantinovich
St. Philaret Institute (Moscow)
Published: The Heritage Institute Journal, 2023/2(33)
Url: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/585.html
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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage
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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage
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