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The Eurovision Song Contest is a display of a variety of cultures through songs and performances. Countries come together every year with a range of performances that consist of a multitude of colors, symbols, and progressive technology. Each country submits a song to be displayed and performed. Russia has put forth a variety of performances with diverse genres, visual devices, and staging. Performances are an opportunity to represent a country and perhaps find a connection to its national identity. Russia has a complex national identity that is widely debated. However, I will be analyzing one of Russia’s more recent performances at Eurovision, along with its potential connection to Russia’s national identity.  Russia’s performance in 2019 was represented by “Scream” (2019), performed by Sergey Lazarev in Israel. The song appears to consist of Lazarev’s interaction with another person, supposedly a significant other. He attempts to hide his tears until, at last, he lets them out. T...
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Blog Post 2

The Eurovision Song Contest is a display of a variety of cultures through songs and performances. Countries come together every year with a range of performances that consist of a multitude of colors, symbols, and progressive technology. Each country submits a song to be displayed and performed. Russia has put forth a variety of performances with diverse genres, visual devices, and staging. Performances are an opportunity to represent a country and find a connection to its national identity. Russia has a complex national identity that is widely debated. However, I will be analyzing one of Russia’s more recent performances at Eurovision, along with its potential connection to Russia’s national identity.  Russia’s performance in 2019 was represented by “Scream” (2019), performed by Sergey Lazarev in Israel. The song appears to consist of Lazarev’s interaction with another person, supposedly a significant other. He attempts to hide his tears until, at last, he lets them out. The perfo...
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Blog Post 1

  Blog Post 1 National Identity is a nation as a whole based on its culture, traditions, and language, all playing a large role in creating what we know as national identity. A sense of unity and belonging is created when people with similar experiences live with one another. However, national identity can be viewed in a variety of ways and the definition can be different to everyone. There are two general meanings of national identity as outlined by Omar Dahbour in his article, “National identity: An Argument for The Strict Definition,” the first definition is a very strict and defined meaning that claims nationality is based on one’s origin, ancestry or ethnicity. The second definition explains that National Identity is a loose term and does not have a set definition, as the meaning has been argued upon by historians. However, there is unanimity that ethnicity and race are involved in defining national identity.  Russia’s National Identity is somewhat of a confusing one....
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Three Minute Russia Introduction

 
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Hello! This blog will be focusing on Russia and its involvement in the Eurovision Song Contest. The reason for choosing Russia as the country to study is its vast history and Russia winning the Eurovision contest only once. While I do not know much about the Eurovision contest or Russia, this blog will be a way to see my progress over time and receive any feedback from readers to further my knowledge!
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