| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 307 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Heroism across Generations -- Creating an Idealized Past: The Soviet Heroarchy from Stalin to Brezhnev -- Victory Square: The Place of Memory in Tula -- Great Expectations: A Worthy Life -- Novorossiysk as a Monumental Ensemble: Little Land and the Ideal of War -- Brezhnev's Beloved Novorossiysk: Wartime Glory and Window to the World -- Impossible Continuity. |
| Summary |
By exploring the significance of Hero Cities in Soviet identity and the enduring but conflicted importance they hold for Russians today, Russia's Hero Cities exposes how the Great Patriotic War no longer has the power to mask the deep rifts still present in Russian society. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
War memorials -- Soviet Union.
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War memorials. |
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Soviet Union. |
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War and society -- Soviet Union.
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War and society. |
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Collective memory -- Soviet Union.
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Cities and towns -- Soviet Union -- History.
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Collective memory. |
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Cities and towns. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union -- Propaganda.
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History. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union. |
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Propaganda. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mijnssen, Ivo. Russia's Hero Cities. Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021] 9780253056221 (OCoLC)1153509007 |
| ISBN |
9780253056214 |
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0253056217 |
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9780253056238 (electronic book) |
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0253056233 (electronic book) |
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9780253056221 (paperback) |
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0253056225 (paperback) |
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9780253056207 (hardcover) |
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0253056209 |
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