2026/3(46)

Contents

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Filin P.

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, the search for the Northeast Passage and Russian maritime culture in the late 16th century

APPLIED RESEARCH

Bychkova O.

Role of popular science tourism infrastructure in the popularization and preservation of scientific and technical heritage

Zinovieva N.

Network culture in the context of two approaches to research issues

Kovbasyuk T.

Significant extension to an existing property on the example of the World Heritage site ‘White monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

Kostina N.

Methodological approaches to working with the cultural heritage of the region in the context of the cultural and educational policy of modern Russia

Khilko N.

Objectification as a form of digital reconstruction of lost cultural heritage in the urban environment of tourist sites Western Siberia

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Kitov Yu., Egorova M.

Genesis and development of Evenki circle dances as a cultural phenomenon of historical and modern Yakutia

CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES

Kukhterin S., Yermolov E. 

Karbas of the 17th century. An Oransky find on the coast of Novaya Zemlya

Okorokov A.

40 years of the Marine Arctic Complex Expedition of the Heritage Institute

Seleznev A.

Shamanic ladder in the Muslim cemetery: to the semantics of the ornamented on-grave posts of the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars

Selezneva S.

Identification of immovable cultural heritage objects in Russia: conceptual, regulatory and regional aspects

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

Soloviev A., Berezina N.

International and foreign models for the preservation of immovable cultural heritage: a comparative legal and cultural analysis

Spivak D.

Cultural heritage in actual UNESCO strategy

MUSEOLOGY

Pleshchenko V.

The corporate museum as a tool for preserving the history and accumulating the business reputation of the company

Sarkisova E.

School as a center for the preservation of cultural heritage: from the experience of cultural and educational activities of school museums

Publ. 18/09/2026

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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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