Local Initiatives: A Historical Analysis of the Creation of Memorial Museums of the Gulag in (Post-)Soviet Russia

IF 1.9 2区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Problems of Post-Communism Pub Date : 2023-02-06 DOI:10.1080/10758216.2023.2166846

V. Staf

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article examines the creation of memorial museums of the Gulag in (post-)Soviet Russia in ten regions: Moscow, the Solovetsky Islands, the Mari El Republic, Perm Region, Tomsk Region, the Tuva Republic, Kemerovo Region (Kuzbass), the Sakha Republic, Magadan Region, and the Komi Republic. Most of them were created between 1989 and 2015 as local initiatives, rather than as part of official government-sponsored efforts, although they were later supported (or not) by local authorities. The creation of memorial museums of the Gulag was initiated by museum workers and professional historians, immediately after the collapse of the USSR many of the founders of such museums were amateurs. Consequently, the exhibitions often presented Stalin’s repressions in specific ways that today seem ambiguous. This article takes a historical approach to analyze the process of the creation of memorial museums in (post-)Soviet Russia and their specificities.

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地方倡议：（后）苏俄古拉格纪念博物馆创建的历史分析

本文考察了(后)苏联时期俄罗斯10个地区古拉格纪念博物馆的创建情况:莫斯科、索洛维茨基群岛、马里埃尔共和国、彼尔姆州、托木斯克州、图瓦共和国、克麦罗沃州(库兹巴斯)、萨哈共和国、马加丹州和科米共和国。其中大多数是在1989年至2015年间作为地方倡议而创建的，而不是作为官方政府资助的一部分，尽管它们后来得到了地方当局的支持(或不支持)。古拉格纪念博物馆的创建是由博物馆工作人员和专业历史学家发起的，苏联解体后，许多博物馆的创始人都是业余爱好者。因此，这些展览经常以今天看来模棱两可的特定方式展示斯大林的镇压。本文从历史的角度分析了(后)苏联时期俄罗斯纪念博物馆的创建过程及其特殊性。

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Problems of Post-Communism POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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