The Limits of Iconoclasm: Soviet War Memorials since the End of Socialism

IF 0.3 Q2 HISTORY International Public History Pub Date : 2018-10-01 DOI:10.1515/IPH-2018-0014
Mischa Gabowitsch
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Abstract There is a widespread perception that the countries of the former Soviet bloc removed all or most communist-era public monuments soon after the end of socialism. Based on a number of heavily publicized instances of iconoclasm, this claim is wildly exaggerated. Focusing on war memorials, the paper provides an overview of cases of destruction and removal, starting in Soviet times. It shows that centralized campaigns to remove Soviet war memorials (as opposed to local initiatives) have been the exception rather than the rule. Thus the most recent Polish decommunization campaign is an outlier among post-socialist policies regarding such memorials. The paper also contextualizes cases of removal and destruction by mentioning other ways of dealing with Soviet war memorials, such as symbolic marginalization, artistic interventions, or new construction.
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象质的极限:社会主义结束以来的苏联战争记忆
摘要人们普遍认为,前苏联集团的国家在社会主义结束后不久就拆除了所有或大部分共产主义时代的公共纪念碑。基于大量公开的反传统事件,这种说法被过分夸大了。本文以战争纪念馆为重点,概述了从苏联时代开始的破坏和拆除案例。它表明,拆除苏联战争纪念碑的集中运动(与地方倡议相反)是例外,而不是常规。因此,波兰最近的退役运动在后社会主义时期关于此类纪念馆的政策中是一个异类。该论文还提到了处理苏联战争纪念馆的其他方式,如象征性边缘化、艺术干预或新建,从而将拆除和销毁的案例置于背景之中。
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International Public History
International Public History Arts and Humanities-History
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