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Russia's Hero Cities : From Postwar Ruins to the Soviet Heroarchy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (332 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253056214
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Russia's Hero CitiesDDC classification:
  • 307.760947
LOC classification:
  • NA9325 .M556 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- The Hero Cities -- Short Description of Hero Cities -- 1. Heroism across Generations -- 2. Creating an Idealized Past: The Soviet Heroarchy from Stalin to Brezhnev -- 3. Victory Square: The Place of Memory in Tula -- 4. Great Expectations: A Worthy Life -- 5. Novorossiysk as a Monumental Ensemble: Little Land and the Ideal of War -- 6. Brezhnev's Beloved Novorossiysk: Wartime Glory and Window to the World -- 7. Impossible Continuity -- Appendix: Archives and Interviews -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: By exploring the significance of Hero Cities in Soviet identity and the enduring but conflicted importance they hold for Russians today, Russia's Hero Cities exposes how the Great Patriotic War no longer has the power to mask the deep rifts still present in Russian society.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- The Hero Cities -- Short Description of Hero Cities -- 1. Heroism across Generations -- 2. Creating an Idealized Past: The Soviet Heroarchy from Stalin to Brezhnev -- 3. Victory Square: The Place of Memory in Tula -- 4. Great Expectations: A Worthy Life -- 5. Novorossiysk as a Monumental Ensemble: Little Land and the Ideal of War -- 6. Brezhnev's Beloved Novorossiysk: Wartime Glory and Window to the World -- 7. Impossible Continuity -- Appendix: Archives and Interviews -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

By exploring the significance of Hero Cities in Soviet identity and the enduring but conflicted importance they hold for Russians today, Russia's Hero Cities exposes how the Great Patriotic War no longer has the power to mask the deep rifts still present in Russian society.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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