2026/2(45)
Contents
HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Occupation Regime and
Nazi Criminals in the Krasnodar Region (1942-1943): An Analysis
of Eyewitness Testimonies
APPLIED RESEARCH
On the spread of stone architecture in the Arctic region. Construction
of a cathedral in the Sumskoy Fortress
Art project “My Contemporaries”: аxiological foundations
Traditional water transport
of the Amur basin
Authorial repetition and copy
in the creative practice of Vladimir painters of the 1980s - 1990s (based on the archive of GOSNIIR
Scientific Expertise Department)
Formation and development
of copyright in China: from doctrine to instruments of state cultural policy
HERITAGE PRESERVATION
Study of the X-ray of “Landscape. Pargolovo” by Fyodor Vasilyev
(the Radischev Art Museum, Saratov)
Cultural transmission mechanisms and modes in the context of historical development of the Stronsky artistic dynasty
Digital twin as an object of protection of lost heritage
Chukotka baidara: technology and the preservation of traditions. Experience building an Eskimo baidara in the village of Sireniki
in 2025
Historical practices and conceptual evolution in the conservation
of China's large archaeological sites
MUSEOLOGY
Tainitskaya Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin: historical and architectural review
Mikhalskaya O., Chuvilkina Yu.
Contribution of collector Felix Evgenievich Vishnevsky to the development of Russian museum collections
Biblical scenes on an 18th century tiled stove of the Novodevichy convent in Moscow
Publ. 04/05/2026
Archives
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
Founder
Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage
Publisher
Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage
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date: 17.12.2014
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