Regional politics of memory during the commemoration of the anniversaries of historical events in the Republic of Ingushetia
... the Ingush people and the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Ingush statehood as case studies. Employing an actor-oriented approach based on the works of M. Bernhard and J. Kubik, along with discourse analysis, the author examines how various actors shape and promote competing narratives of the past. The study demonstrates that the narrative of the 1944 deportation consolidates Ingush society, enabling regional actors to sustain a “victimhood” discourse and to preserve the memory of ...
