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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Budapest
Amsterdam University Press
2025
Central European University Press |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Memory, Heritage and Public History in Central and Eastern Europe |
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Thema Klassifizierung
> Geschichte und Archäologie (N)
> Geschichte (NH)
> Europäische Geschichte (NHD)
Thema Klassifizierung
> Geschichte und Archäologie (N)
> Geschichte (NH)
> Militärgeschichte (NHW)
> Bestimmte Kriege und Feldzüge (NHWR)
> Militärgeschichte: Nachkriegs-Konflikte (NHWR9)
Thema Klassifizierung
> Zeitliche Qualifier
> ca. 1500 bis zur Gegenwart (3M)
> 21. Jahrhundert (ca. 2000 bis ca. 2100) (3MR)
> Erste Hälfte 21. Jahrhundert (ca. 2000 bis ca. 2050) (3MRB)
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| ISBN: | 9789633868225, 9633868246, 963386822X, 9789633868249, 9789633868232, 9633868238 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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Table of Contents:
- 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 --