Dr. Nick Hayes, professor of history who holds the university chair in critical thinking at Saint John's University in Collegeville, MN, while writing about Chechnya in MinnPost today said that "Grozny is the Potemkin village of Putin’s Russia…"
Do your students know what he was saying about Grozny?
Do your students know why the Potemkin Village meme keeps showing up in discussions of Russian politics?
Could your students use that phrase when answering a free response question on the exam next month?
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Do your students know what he was saying about Grozny?
Do your students know why the Potemkin Village meme keeps showing up in discussions of Russian politics?
Could your students use that phrase when answering a free response question on the exam next month?
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| Grozny, Chechnya |
Teaching Comparative blog entries are indexed.
The First Edition ofWhat You Need to Know: Teaching Toolsis now available from the publisher
The Fifth Edition ofWhat You Need to Knowis now available from the publisher (where shipping is always FREE).