Politically Useful Tragedies: The Soviet Atrocities in the Historical Park(s) “Russia — My History”

IF 1.9 2区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Problems of Post-Communism Pub Date : 2021-10-07 DOI:10.1080/10758216.2021.1974884

E. Klimenko

引用次数: 2

Abstract

ABSTRACT Does the Kremlin have a coherent approach in the way it deals with the memory of the Soviet atrocities? If so, what does it consist in? In this paper, I address these questions by turning to a study of the “Russia—My History” chain of multimedia historical parks. I reconstruct the interpretation of the Soviet atrocities as it is (re)produced in the Moscow-located headquarters of the chain and the broader historical interpretation that this interpretation—at the same time statist and patriotic—is nested within. I argue that this interpretation is indicative of the Kremlin’s way of dealing with Russia’s difficult past, which consists in transforming it into a tool of ingenious political manipulation.

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政治上有用的悲剧:历史公园里的苏联暴行(s)“俄罗斯-我的历史”

摘要克里姆林宫在处理对苏联暴行的记忆方面是否有连贯的方法？如果是，它包含什么？在本文中，我通过研究“俄罗斯——我的历史”多媒体历史公园链来解决这些问题。我重建了苏联暴行的解释，因为它是在位于莫斯科的连锁店总部（重新）产生的，以及这种解释——同时是国家主义者和爱国主义者——嵌套在其中的更广泛的历史解释。我认为，这种解释表明了克里姆林宫处理俄罗斯艰难过去的方式，即将其转变为巧妙的政治操纵工具。

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Problems of Post-Communism POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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4.00

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12.50%

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