Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 309 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0521863260
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0511249071
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9780521863261
Content:
The World War II siege of Leningrad constituted one of the most dramatic and tragic episodes of the war. Since 1941, the remarkable story of the blockade has been retold in countless memoirs, interviews, diaries, histories, films, monuments, poems, and museum exhibits. This book follows these stories
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration and Translation; Introduction; Memories and Myth; Myth, Legitimacy, and Disillusionment; The City of Memory; Myth, Memories, and Monuments; 1 Mapping Memory in St. Petersburg-Petrograd-Leningrad; 2 The City Scarred: War at Home; 3 Life Becomes History: Memories and Monuments in Wartime; 4 The City Healed: Historical Reconstruction and Victory Parks; 5 The Return of Stories from the City Front; 6 Heroes and Victims: Local Monuments of the Soviet War Cult
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7 Speaking the Unspoken?8 Mapping the Return of St. Petersburg; Epilogue: No One Is Forgotten?; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521863261
Additional Edition:
Print version The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1995 : Myth, Memories, and Monuments
Language:
English
