Fighting for Self-Determination, Participation and Control. Statebuilding and the Role of Historical Memories in Chechnya (1986 – 2023)

Vol. 25. Switzerland : Peter Lang, 2024.

Goryushina E.

Leading author: C. Druey

Academic editor: N. Hayoz, J. Herlth, J. Richers

This edited volume traces the tragic history of state collapse and statebuilding, radicalisation and conflict in Chechnya, focusing on the contested and contesting role of historical memory. The time frame covered ranges from the beginning of civil mobilisation during Perestroika in the mid-1980s to the period of increasing authoritarianism, repression and militarisation in the run-up to the Russian-Ukrainian war in the early 2020s. The book’s eleven contributions are divided into five sub-periods and are illustrated by a rich selection of primary materials..

Chapters

From War to Victory: Narratives from the Past in Chechnya (1999-2021)

Goryushina E., , in: Fighting for Self-Determination, Participation and Control. Statebuilding and the Role of Historical Memories in Chechnya (1986 – 2023)Vol. 25.: Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2024. P. 259–282.

Despite the end of a full-scale military operation in 2000, armed and terrorist attacks continued to occur in Chechnya, where a new republican government and memorial policy was formed. The lifting of the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) on 16 April 2009 not only marked the end of the acute phase of the guerrilla war, it also ...

Added: November 21, 2024

Keywords: Russia, state-building, Memory, Radicalization, Democratization, Conflict resolution, Collective trauma, Historical Memory