Bringing Stalin Back In. Memory Politics and the Creation of a Useable Past in Putin’s Russia

Kovalyova, Natalia

doi:10.1080/09668136.2020.1847870

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“…There is little consensus within or between sectors of memory actors about how to handle this issue. In an era when massive efforts are being made to rehabilitate Stalin's image as a "great leader" who beat the Nazis or speedily industrialized a nation of peasants (Nelson, 2020;Ryan, 2021), the differences between a narrative that blames Stalin and one that blames other members of the Politburo is an important one that cannot be fully considered here. Regardless, either one of these foci does not pay much attention to the issue of rank-and-file perpetrators; neither their reasons for participating in a regime of repression nor the status that many of them later held as victims of the same regime of repression is given any consideration.…”

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Lubyanka: Dissonant memories of violence in the heart of Moscow

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2023

Memory Studies

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An infamous Soviet edifice, the Lubyanka’s yellow bulk still stands in central Moscow. The building is controlled by the federal security service (FSB), the contemporary security services, and the FSB provides no tangible acknowledgment of the building’s past. Yet, it is not erased; instead, the surrounding landscape has become a meaningful space for memorializing the victims of Soviet repression. Although the government’s official policy is to ignore or muffle the Lubyanka’s dark heritage, other actors have stepped in to interpret this painful legacy in various ways. This article examines different processes of heritagization and memory work within this “heritagescape.” It sheds light on the Lubyanka area’s polysemic meanings and sociopolitical roles in contemporary Russia, as well as the contested processes of heritagization and memorialization at sites of violence. It also introduces the idea of “accountability” as a concept that can be communicated at a heritage site, especially at times of increased state violence.

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Lubyanka: Dissonant memories of violence in the heart of Moscow

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2023

Memory Studies

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Bringing Stalin Back In. Memory Politics and the Creation of a Useable Past in Putin’s Russia

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Lubyanka: Dissonant memories of violence in the heart of Moscow

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