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Armenia removes references to ‘Russian annexation’ from history textbooks after Moscow criticism

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Armenia’s Education Ministry has announced that it was removing mentions of Russia’s annexation of Armenia from a history textbook following criticism from Russia’s Foreign Ministry. Armenia’s announcement came after the Russian Foreign Ministry on 15 August criticised a chapter in an eighth-grade history textbook titled the ‘forceful annexation of eastern Armenia by Russia’. The Russian Foreign Ministry post included an online page of the textbook with ‘FAKE’ stamped in red on the chapter t

Armenia

Change of school history subject title stirs controversy in Armenia

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

A proposal to change the name of a school subject, Armenian History, to the History of Armenia has stirred controversy in the country, despite government reassurances that the curriculum would remain unchanged. During a meeting of the ruling Civil Contract party last week, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that a group of teachers and scientists had appealed to the Ministry of Education to change the subject’s name. Pashinyan stated that he agreed with the proposal, adding that he ‘blame

Image produced by Hans Gutbrod using Midjourney AI. Prompt: People editing Wikipedia in the South Caucasus.

Analysis

Datablog | What Georgians read on Wikipedia

by Hans Gutbrod

•5 min read

Analysing the most-visited Georgian-language pages on Wikipedia gives an insight into the priorities and interests of Georgian users of the site, with some surprises. In the depths of the internet, a little-known site listing the page views of different sites gives access to a particular treasure: the 100 most visited Georgian-language Wikipedia entries since 2015, highlighting what people have been drawn to over the last seven years. Some of the top pages may not come as a surprise to thos

The poster reads ‘The 460th anniversary of the voluntary entry of Kabardino-Balkaria into Russia. Forever with Russia’ (Radio Marsho)

1763–1864 Russo–Circassian War

‘The Great Day of Unity’ vs ‘the tragedy of the genocide’: Kabardino-Balkaria’s contradictory public holidays

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•7 min read

On 8 September, Kabardino-Balkaria celebrated the ‘460th anniversary of its voluntary entry’ into Russia. While the Northwest Caucasus — including what is now Kabardino-Balkaria — was conquered by Russia in the 19th century, this false narrative now serves as a loyalty test for local political elites. Conflicting narratives There are two important anniversaries Kabardino-Balkaria marks every year. One is a huge celebration with extensive state funding, while the second is marked m