title: History as a Political Language
abstract: Referring to history and drawing on historical language in contemporary political discourse in Russia is a common practice utilized not only by prominent figures but by people on an everyday level to indicate their political preferences. In this chapter, Ivan Kurilla examines the linguistic role of history in society, particularly in the communication of sociopolitical issues. Leaning on the traditions of social constructivism and approaches to “presentism” proposed by French scholars François H