From Leningrad to Leninfall: The Geopolitics of Soviet Monuments 100 Years since the Russian Revolution (CIS and Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre Co-Sponsored Lecture)

*Summary:* 100 years on from the October Revolution, monumental propaganda in the form of statues, monuments, architectural ensembles, and decorative detail retains the memory of Soviet rule in former republics of the USSR and the Eastern bloc states. The treatment accorded to them is expressive of the post-socialist states' relationship to this common past. Russia, where the capital still has the revolutionary leader’s mortal remains on display, and Belarus have left communist symbols largely untouched, and many monuments have retained their prominent positions in urban and rural centres.
Subscribe to