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Assimilation and rejection of the Soviet heritage in the identity construction of post-Soviet Cuban generation: the case of nostalgia for Soviet cartoons (muñequitos rusos) in Cuba
(Tartu Ülikool, 2025) Aguirre Espinosa, Isis Adriana; Piekarska, Łucja, juhendaja; Pavlova, Elena, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
This thesis explores nostalgia in the discourses surrounding Soviet cartoons—popularly remembered in Cuba as muñequitos rusos—and their role in contemporary Cuban identity construction. Using a qualitative interpretive approach, the study analyzes a corpus of newspaper articles and Facebook user comments published between 2013 and 2025. The analysis combines thematic, discursive, and narrative methods, allowing us to map the tension between "top-down" and "bottom-up" discourses to examine how post-Soviet Cuban identity is constructed. The findings demonstrate that the Soviet legacy—illustrated through nostalgic references to the muñequitos rusos—occupies an ambivalent position in the construction of post-Soviet Cuban identity, situated between acceptance and rejection, and marked by humor (Cuban choteo), criticism, aesthetics, and everyday reinterpretation. At the same time, the Cuban case reveals the importance of generational silence: younger Cuban generations construct their identities in contexts where the celebration of Soviet heritage no longer plays a central role. For them, nostalgia for muñequitos rusos appears primarily as commodified or ironic aesthetic references, rather than vehicles for restoring the past. In this sense, nostalgia in Cuba for the Soviet heritage emerges as a reflexive, commodified cultural practice, criticized through censorship, humor, and everyday economic precariousness, as well as entering dialogue and dispute with other heritages that continue to participate in contemporary Cuban identity-building processes.
The Cold War in Latin America: Cuba’s agency and its relationship with the Soviet Union between 1962-1969
(Tartu Ülikool, 2024) Diaz Guatibonza, Daniel Mateo; Éva, Ványi, juhendaja; Pavlova, Elena, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
Cuba’s relationship with the Soviet Union has been explored from various perspectives, with many studies emphasizing the asymmetrical nature of the alliance, particularly highlighting Cuba’s dependence on Soviet economic, military, and scientific assistance. This dissertation, employing a postcolonial theoretical framework and the theory of postcolonial agency, examines Cuba’s agency in its relationship with the Soviet Union during the 1960s, a pivotal decade that marked the outset of the alliance. Through an interpretivist methodological approach, this study analyzes primary sources, including speeches, articles, and documents from the period, to assess Cuba’s agency. The research aims to uncover how Cuba’s leadership pursued its own agenda, in opposition to the Soviet Union’s policy of peaceful coexistence in Latin America. During the 1960s, Cuba championed the National Liberation Struggle in Latin America, advocating for guerrilla warfare as a central strategy, which became a cornerstone of its agency. In contrast, the Soviet Union’s foreign policy in the region was rooted in the principle of peaceful coexistence, prioritizing diplomatic cooperation with local governments. These conflicting stances led to significant diplomatic tensions throughout the decade, eventually culminating in a period of reconciliation by the decade’s end.
Fighting a different enemy. Anti-war protests in Russia through the lens of liminality
(Tartu Ülikool, 2023) Kolchyna, Viktoryia; Lepasaar Beecher, David Ilmar, juhendaja; Pavlova, Elena, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
This research thesis analysed how anti-Ukrainian war resistance in Russia manifested in repressive settings to allow protesters to avoid criminal punishment. It attempted to reveal how the citizens leverage loopholes in the legislation by adopting liminality in order to continue to subvert the Kremlin’s pro-war discourse. The study identified the main types of liminal protests and found the major themes occurring in Russia in 2022 (full scale military operation in Ukraine). The research thesis also offered a pilot framework to measure the Liminality Score (the level of risk avoidance) quantitatively and applied the suggested framework on the slogans from protest in 2022 and from 2014 (annexation of Crimea). The results of quantitative assessment of liminality revealed that there was an increase in the usage of liminality in protests in 2022 compared to 2014 likely caused by the tightening of the Russian legislation related to protesting. The thematic analysis revealed the absence of alternative political forces in Russia in 2022 which could have become an alternative force to the ruling elite.
From Russia, with love (and other values): a social constructivist evaluation of Russian public international diplomacy as a tool of soft power in Brazil between 2003 and 2014
(Tartu Ülikool, 2024) Fudala, Adam; Pavlova, Elena, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
The thesis examined the concept of Russian soft power in South America, with a particular focus being placed on the image and narrative projected via state documents between 2003 and 2014. In spite of the dominance of Western influence over both the theoretical and empirical concept of soft power, Russia has managed to establish a narrative foothold within like-minded states through ideological and diplomatic efforts in geographically distant states such as Brazil. The study supports the ongoing academic trends of a more critical approach towards soft power by focusing on novel aspects of research such as but not limited to (I) centring the experiences of the receiving state of the soft power, (II) evaluating the success of soft power practises on the basis of change within the receiving state; and (III) referencing the conservative soft power potential, critical to the original conception of Nye. The work builds on the works of Keating and Kaczmarska as well as Jane Bially, filling in the lacuna of both empirical and theoretical knowledge with regard to Russian soft power in South America. Utilising qualitative discourse analysis of key Russian statecraft actors and official documents, the thesis uncovers the elements of Russian soft power that resonate most with Brazil. The findings highlight the role of anti-Western sentiment, the pursuit of global influence, shared values, and strong leadership in Russia’s soft power strategy.
Not our war. A comparison of two anti-war and decolonial organisations' collective identity construction processes in light of Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
(Tartu Ülikool, 2024) Efimov, Beatrice; Pożarlik, Grzegorz, juhendaja; Pavlova, Elena, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and Putin’s announcement of partial mobilisation in September 2022, demonstrations broke out in several of Russia’s ethnic republics. At the same time, ethnic minorities and Indigenous activists created anti-war organisations that also demanded for the decolonisation of Russia. These organisations have received a lot of attention outside of Russia and have been presented as forming a united anti-war and decolonial movement. Despite these organisations sharing many similarities, they have different aims, strategies and understandings of decolonisation. This thesis aims to explore whether or not it is possible to speak of a united anti-war and decolonial movement. It does so by comparing the similarities and differences in online collective identity construction processes on Instagram between two prominent anti-war and decolonial organisations: Free Buryatia Foundation and Free Yakutia Foundation. The findings indicate that both organisations share important similarities in the construction of online collective identity, such as by emphasising the importance of building interethnic alliances; identifying the same issues negatively impacting their structural positions; and employing strategies that, although different, are driven by the politicisation of culture, identity and politics. Based on this, it is reasonable to conclude that there is evidence of a shared collective identity that could suggest the existence of a broader united anti-war and decolonial movement.
Remembering life in the Soviet thaw on Russian television: the case of ‘mysterious passion’ television series
(Tartu Ülikool, 2023) Agharabi, Maryam; Dadabayeva, Gulnara, juhendaja; Pavlova, Elena, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut
Russian opposition's discourse during the war in Ukraine
(Tartu Ülikool, 2023) Boitsov, Mihhail; Pavlova, Elena, juhendaja; Tartu Ülikool. Sotsiaalteaduste valdkond; Tartu Ülikool. Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut