"Revenge for Versailles": World War I in historical memory

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On November 11, 2023 105 years are executed from the moment of the end of World War I. In spite of the fact that its events, apparently, are far from the present, they continue to have significant impact on policy of historical memory. By number of victims, on scope and bitterness of operations, on an equipment role in the conflict World War I had at that time no precedents in the history. Not incidentally therefore that the name "Great War" was fixed in a camp of the won powers behind it. About the reasons and consequences of World War I Oleg Nikolaevich Barabanov, the program director of the Valdai club writes...