Monuments and territory war memorials in Russian-occupied Ukraine / Mischa Gabowitsch and Mykola Homanyuk.
| Author/creator | Gabowitsch, Mischa, 1977- |
| Other author | Homanyuk, Mykola, 1974- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2024] |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Memory, heritage and public history in Central and Eastern Europe, 3004-1201 |
| Contents | Theorizing the monumentscape -- Historical background : war memorials in Soviet and post-Soviet Ukraine -- Monuments destroyed, spared, and stolen -- Monuments (re-)built -- Monuments broadcast -- Responding to invasion : toppling monuments, building monuments -- Dates, practices, symbols -- Conclusions. |
| Abstract | "From the very first days of their large-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian invaders have made exceptional efforts to interact with war memorials on the newly occupied territory. Tens of thousands of monuments, mostly in small towns and villages, commemorate the Second World War and other conflicts, including Ukraine's resistance against Russia since 2014. The Russians have destroyed some of these memorials, renovated others, and built new monuments amid continued fighting. They also used war memorials in countless propaganda photos and videos aimed for a domestic audience and largely escaping Western attention. Why this fervor? Gabowitsch and Homanyuk draw on unique sources to trace the logic of Russian monument policies in occupied Ukraine. Mykola Homanyuk spent several months in occupied Kherson and collected sources on the ground, often at considerable risk to himself. This exceptional wartime on-site ethnography was complemented by systematic real-time data collection from online sources, many of which have since disappeared. The book shows how Russian invaders believed their own propaganda about Soviet war memorials being mistreated in Ukraine, and what they did when they discovered well-maintained monuments on the ground. More generally, it also discusses the link between monuments and territorial claims by irredentist empires"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Gabowitsch, Mischa, 1977- Monuments and territory Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, [2024] 9789633868225 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024052067 |
| ISBN | 9789633868232 (pdf) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |