Screen LibraryThe future of the Soviet past : the politics of history in Putin's Russia /
"In post-Soviet Russia, there is a persistent trend to repress, control, or even co-opt national history. By reshaping memory to suit a politically convenient narrative, Russia has fashioned a good future out of a "bad past." While Putin's regime has acquired nearly complete cont...
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Indiana University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Bloomington, Indiana : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"In post-Soviet Russia, there is a persistent trend to repress, control, or even co-opt national history. By reshaping memory to suit a politically convenient narrative, Russia has fashioned a good future out of a "bad past." While Putin's regime has acquired nearly complete control over interpretations of the past, The Future of the Soviet Past reveals that Russia's inability to fully rewrite its Soviet history plays an essential part in its current political agenda. Diverse contributors consider the many ways in which public narrative shapes Russian culture--from cinema, television, and music to museums, legislature, and education--as well as how patriotism reflected in these forms of culture implies a casual acceptance of the valorization of Stalin and his role in World War II. The Future of the Soviet Past provides effective and nuanced examples of how Russia has reimagined its Soviet history as well as how that past still influences Russia's policymaking"-- |
| Item Description: | This volume was inspired by a 2016 international conference on "The Future of the Soviet Past," organized by the Norwegian Holocaust Center in Oslo. |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780253057594 0253057590 9780253057624 0253057620 |
| Index Number: | DK266 |
| CLC: | K095.12-532 |
| Call Number: | K095.12-532/F996/2016 |
| Contents: |
Introduction: Revisiting the Future of the Soviet Past and the Memory of Stalinist Repression / Presentism, Politicization of History, and the New Role of the Historian in Russia / Keeping the Past in the Past: The Attack on the Perm 36 Gulag Museum and Russian Historical Memory of Soviet Repression / The 2014 Russian Memory Law in European Context / |