“I Know History”: Experience, Belief and Politics in the Post-Socialist Diaspora

Lesiv, Mariya (2019) “I Know History”: Experience, Belief and Politics in the Post-Socialist Diaspora. Western Folklore, 78 (2/3). pp. 119-150. ISSN 0043-373X

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Abstract

Using the case study of new Canadians who support the annexation of Crimea by Russia, this paper shows how political convictions sometimes follow formation trajectories that are similar to those of experience-based spiritual beliefs. The paper contextualizes personal narratives of some Russians who once resided in republics of the former Soviet Union outside of Russia and who experienced social turmoil associated with the collapse of the Communist regime. It further provides comparative references to immigrants from the former Yugoslavia.

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