russia launched an initiative to rewrite history of post-Soviet countries to remove the “negative portrayal” of the Soviet past

russian Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov has launched an initiative to rewrite the history of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries in order to remove the “negative portrayal” of the Soviet past, the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) said in a post on Telegram.

“russia is taking historical revisionism to a new level by pressuring CIS countries. Minister Kravtsov has stated that there are ‘problems’ with how history is taught in those countries — specifically, that the Soviet past is portrayed negatively in school textbooks. moscow is already in talks with education ministers from those countries to promote a ‘unified interpretation of our shared past’,” the CCD said.

The CCD emphasized that for moscow, the concept of a “shared history” is a geopolitical tool used to keep former Soviet republics within its sphere of influence. However, this leverage is slipping away. russia’s aggression against Ukraine has revealed to many in the CIS what the “russkiy mir” [russian world – UT] really means.