Mortal Embrace: Germans and (Soviet) Russians in the First Half of the 20th Century (Introduction) (Essay‪)‬

Historical Debates Surrounding the German-Russian Relationship This special issue of Kritika spotlights episodes from the primarily confrontational relationship between Germany and (Soviet) Russia in the first half of the 20th century. The multifaceted historiography to which it has given rise has significance beyond the specific context of the relationship itself, because the two countries' history and their ties with each other are paradigmatic cases of aberrant developments and threats from within that face modern societies. (1)