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Gladiatorial Fights and Roman Emperors

Gladiatorial games are one of the most famous attributes of ancient Roman civilization. In his material, historian Danil Golovin explains how the pagan emperors of Rome initially used gladiators to strengthen their own legitimacy, and how their Christian successors banned these bloody spectacles. After reading the article, we invite you to take a test and find out what kind of gladiator you would become!

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Under the Red Flag Against the Bolsheviks: The History of KOMUCH

In the public consciousness, the central conflict of the Russian Civil War is the confrontation between the "Reds" and the "Whites." Meanwhile, in 1918, representatives of socialist parties, primarily the Socialist Revolutionaries, who considered themselves the "true" revolutionaries, were at the forefront of anti-Bolshevik resistance in eastern Russia. Under their leadership, the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly (KOMUCH) was established in the Volga region, which historian Said Zalyaev discusses in his article.

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Dictatorship in Ancient Rome

The modern reader is likely to perceive the term "dictatorship" as synonymous with "despotism" and "tyranny," recalling the notorious regimes of the 20th century. However, for the Romans, this term was associated with entirely different things. To learn about how the Romans perceived dictatorship, how it functioned and evolved over time, read the article by historian Nikita Tsybikov.

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Volunteer and Revolutionary: An Attempt to Save the Russian Army in 1917

In 1917, the Russian army found itself in a deep crisis. Amidst the ongoing war, the successive governments required unconventional methods to maintain combat readiness and revive the military spirit. The response to the crisis was the concept of a volunteer revolutionary army, which was supposed to inspire regular units of conscripts and eventually replace them as the foundation for the armed forces. To find out how this experiment ended, read the article by historian Konstantin Tarasov.

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Imagology: Towards the History of the Discipline

Imagology is a young academic discipline that studies how images of "other" ethnic and national communities are created, function, and are interpreted. Read about how imagology originated and the differences between Western and Russian approaches to this discipline in the article by historian Olga Berezina.