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SUMMARY:Russia: Understanding cultural\, behavioural and historical factor
 s - Dr. Hubertus F. Jahn is Reader in the History of Russia and the Caucas
 us in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge. He is also a 
 Fellow of Clare College\, Cambridge\, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical
  Society.
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DESCRIPTION:The Kremlin has been promoting the idea of Russian exceptional
 ism since 2012 (since Putin was elected for a third term in office). This 
 idea is not new and can be traced back to the 16th century Filofei of Psko
 v where Muscovy was portrayed as a ‘third Rome’. Yet\, the most freque
 nt invocations of Putin have been of Tsar Nikolai I when ‘Orthodoxy\, Au
 tocracy and Nationality’ allegedly became a core part of Russia’s dist
 inctive identity. This talk will consider the historical\, cultural and re
 ligious imagery underpinning Putin’s view of Russia’s global role and 
 will ask to what extent it represents a selective reading of history and t
 he extent to which historical and cultural references really have resonanc
 e with Russians today.
LOCATION:Fitzwilliam House  32 Trumpington Street
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