“…As far as we know, People of August has very rarely been subjected to academic inquiry. 1 On the other hand, Stepanova's In Memory of Memory has been translated into many languages (as is the case with Lebedev's books), and has also been a frequent subject of scholarly reflections both in Russia and abroad (see Hausbacher 2020;Sandomirskaia 2020;Scandura 2018;Tarkowska 2020;Tippner 2019).…”