History is often more about the politics of the present than what happened in the past. That much is clear from recent unveilings of two monuments to a Russian hero and saint, Alexander Nevsky, in a show of defiance to the West.
For most of us, most of the time, statues are part of the background, something we walk past without paying much attention. Of late, however, they’ve become a political battleground in many countries, as a range of groups seek to take control of historical memory in order to shape the future.
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