History Slogans in Political Public Demonstrations (2011–16)
Journal: Le Mouvement social
Year: 2017

This article uses a corpus of more than 6,000 slogans and symbols that include historical references, gathered during street demonstrations in Russia between 2011 and 2016 as part of the collective investigation carried out by the “Contemporary Folklore Monitoring” research group. A quantitative analysis of this corpus reveals the main features of how the past is represented in the various kinds of demonstrations – whether held by pro-regime organisations, opposition political actions, demonstra