User:Literallymaozedong

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| name = Literallymaozedong
| birthplace = [[Podolsk]], [[Russia]]
| country = Russia
| location = [[Netherlands]]
| languages = [[Russian language|Russian]], [[English language|English]], [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
| interests = [[Communism]], [[Culture of Russia]], and pretty much anything to do with current politics.
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== About me ==
I am from [[Podolsk]], [[Russia]], and I currently live in the [[Netherlands]].

I have basic knowledge of how wikipedia works, and i am trying to learn!.

== Interests ==
My interest in the [[Soviet Union]], [[communism]], and [[militarism]] comes from both history and personal background. Growing up in Russia, I was surrounded by the legacy of the Soviet period in ways that made it feel close rather than distant. It was present in public memory, in discussions about the past, in monuments, in attitudes toward state power, and in the way earlier generations spoke about war, order, sacrifice, and national strength.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Soviet Union |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Soviet-Union |access-date=20 April 2026}}{{cite book |last=Kramer |first=Mark |chapter=Public Memory and Communist Legacies in Poland and Russia |title=Transitional Justice and the Former Soviet Union |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2018 |doi=10.1017/9781108182171.004 |access-date=20 April 2026}}

My childhood shaped this interest because I did not encounter these subjects only through textbooks. I grew up in a post-Soviet society where the Soviet past still influenced identity, historical memory, and political discussion. That made me want to understand not just what the Soviet Union was, but why it still mattered so much after its collapse in 1991, and why people continued to debate its achievements, failures, and legacy.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Collapse of the Soviet Union |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/the-collapse-of-the-Soviet-Union |access-date=20 April 2026}}{{cite journal |last=Nikolayenko |first=Olena |title=Contextual effects on historical memory: Soviet nostalgia among post-Soviet adolescents |journal=Communist and Post-Communist Studies |year=2008 |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=243–259 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967067X08000147 |access-date=20 April 2026}}

I am interested in [[communism]] because it was one of the most influential political and economic ideologies of the modern era, and because it shaped the Soviet state so deeply. I am interested in [[militarism]] because it helps explain how military values, institutions, and ideas of discipline and strength can influence politics and society. For me, these are not just political topics, but historical ones: they are ways of understanding how ideology, power, war, and memory shaped the modern world and continue to shape the present.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Communism |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/communism |access-date=20 April 2026}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Militarism |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/militarism |access-date=20 April 2026}}

== References ==


== Wikipedia ==
I edit topics related to:
* Communism and Soviet/Russian history
* Military History

== Contact ==
Please leave a message on my [[User talk:Your username|talk page]].