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Saving Stalin's imperial city: historic preservation in Leningrad, 1930-1950

By Steven , Maddox

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780253014849, 9780253014894, 0253014840
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9305404 bytes)
Pages
1 vol. (XI-284 p.) : ill., couv. ill. ; 24 cm\297
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Architecture--Conservation et restauration--Russie

Description

Old Petersburg, preservation movements, and the Soviet state's "turn to the past" -- These monuments must be protected! : Leningrad's imperial cityscape at war -- Projecting Soviet power : historic restoration as commemoration in postwar Leningrad -- "When Ivan comes, there will be nothing left" : rebuilding and reimagining the historic monuments in Leningrad's suburbs -- Becoming "Leningraders" : official commemorations of the Blockade -- Cold War complications : Soviet patriotism, historic restoration, and the end of Blockade commemorations

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