This thesis discusses the instrumentalization of cultural heritage within political conflict by the Russian Federation in the case of Scythian Gold. It gives a discourse analysis of statements made...Show moreThis thesis discusses the instrumentalization of cultural heritage within political conflict by the Russian Federation in the case of Scythian Gold. It gives a discourse analysis of statements made about the conflict and discusses the instrumentalization of Scythian Gold within the conflict and within the Russian Federations nation-building.Show less