Mijnssen, Ivo. <br/><br/>
Russia's Hero Cities :  From Postwar Ruins to the Soviet Heroarchy. 

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<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253056214 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>War memorials-Soviet Union.<br/>War and society-Soviet Union.<br/>Cities and towns-Soviet Union-History.<br/>World War, 1939-1945-Soviet Union-Propaganda.<br/>Collective memory-Soviet Union.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA9325 .M556 2021 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.760947