We continue our examination of the new history books in Russian schools. See the previous article here The myth of the evil West, always on the verge of attacking, served Soviet leaders well for decades—and it’s back in full force in Putin’s Russia, now at the core of historical revisionism embedded in school history textbooks co-authored and curated by Putin’s aide Vladimir Medinsky, former Minister of Culture-turned-negotiator with Ukraine. The new history textbooks for grades 10-11 were