Monuments and Territory War Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine

Gabowitsch and Homanyuk draw on unique sources to trace the logic of Russian monument policies in occupied Ukraine: wartime on-site ethnography complemented by systematic real-time data collection from online sources, many of which have since disappeared. The book shows how Russian invaders believed...

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Hauptverfasser: Gabowitsch, Mischa, Homanyuk, Mykola
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Budapest Amsterdam University Press 2025
Central European University Press
Ausgabe:1
Schriftenreihe:Memory, Heritage and Public History in Central and Eastern Europe
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ISBN:9789633868225, 9633868246, 963386822X, 9789633868249, 9789633868232, 9633868238
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Decentering perspectives on war memorials -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index of Places in Ukraine -- Index of Names -- Back cover
  • Cover -- Front matter -- Series title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- War memorials and territorial claims -- Structure, scope, sources, and methods -- Chapter 1. Theorizing the Monumentscape -- Writing a collective biography of war memorials -- Monumentscapes -- Contesting the monumentscape: From "disputed territories" to imperial irredentism -- Iconoclasm or heritage protection? -- Chapter 2. Historical Background: War Memorials in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine -- The Soviet period -- Post-Soviet changes: Expanding the memorial canon -- Changes since 2014 -- Ukrainian memory politics -- Recent changes in rural Ukraine -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Monuments Destroyed, Spared, and Stolen -- Monuments destroyed: War memorials demolished, damaged, or removed by Russian forces -- Monuments spared -- Monuments stolen -- Chapter 4. Monuments (Re-)Built -- Lenin's return -- "Eight (thirty?) years of neglect" -- Rekindling the eternal flame -- Spurious reconstruction -- Monuments as sites of reeducation -- Monuments built -- Monuments planned -- New monuments in Russia and the Ukrainian territories occupied since 2014 -- Coda: Monument construction as big business -- Chapter 5. Monuments Broadcast -- Pictures and videos of war memorials in Russian propaganda -- Pictures and videos of war memorials in Ukrainian propaganda -- Chapter 6. Responding to Invasion: Toppling Monuments, Building Monuments -- Monuments defiant -- Monuments and anti-war protest in Russia -- Iconoclasm abroad and in free Ukraine -- New and renewed memorials -- Chapter 7 -- Dates, Practices, Symbols -- The commemorative calendar -- Table of commemorative dates -- Linking practices -- Educational practices -- Symbols -- Chapter 8 -- Conclusions -- Goalposts of a shifting frontier
  • Acknowledgments --
  • List of Figures --
  • Chapter 4 Monuments (Re-)Built --
  • Chapter 8 Conclusions --
  • Chapter 1 Theorizing the Monumentscape --
  • Chapter 3 Monuments Destroyed, Spared, and Stolen --
  • Chapter 2 Historical Background: War Memorials in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine --
  • Table of Contents --
  • Index of Places in Ukraine --
  • Chapter 5 Monuments Broadcast --
  • Frontmatter --
  • About the Authors --
  • Chapter 7 Dates, Practices, Symbols --
  • Chapter 6 Responding to Invasion: Toppling Monuments, Building Monuments --
  • Index of Names
  • Introduction --
  • Bibliography --