title: “I Know History”: Experience, Belief and Politics inthe Post-Socialist Diaspora
abstract: Using the case study of new Canadians who support the annexation of Crimea by Russia, this paper shows how political convictions sometimes follow formation trajectories that are similar to those of experience-based spiritual beliefs. The paper contextualizes
  personal narratives of some Russians who once resided in
  republics of the former Soviet Union outside of Russia and who experienced social turmoil associated with the collapse of the Communist regime. It further provides comparative refere