Chronicles in Stone : : Preservation, Patriotism, and Identity in Northwest Russia /

Chronicles in Stone : : Preservation, Patriotism, and Identity in Northwest Russia / / Victoria Donovan.

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Chronicles in Stone is a study of the powerful and pervasive myth of the Russian Northwest, its role in forming Soviet and Russian identities, and its impact on local communities. Combining detailed archival research, participant observation and oral history work, it explores the transformation of t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Donovan, Victoria,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource (246 p.) :; 13 b&w halftones, 2 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Map of the Russian Federation
  • Detail of the Russian Northwest
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. PHOENIXES FROM THE ASHES: Postwar Reconstruction as a Patriotic Duty
  • 2. ZAPOVEDNIKS OR TOURIST RESORTS? Marketing Heritage to National Audiences
  • 3. LANDSCAPES OF LIVING HISTORY: Folk Architecture in the National Imaginary
  • 4. BURNT-OUT FAIRY TALES: Preservation as a Metaphor for Loss After Socialism
  • 5. GUARDIANS OF OUR HERITAGE: Rebranding the Northwest in the Putin Era
  • 6. "EVERY CENTIMETER OF THIS GROUND IS HISTORY": Heritage, Narrative, and Identity
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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