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Subject(s)

• Community museums—Russia (Federation)—History [Browse]
• Museums—Political aspects—Russia (Federation). [Browse]
• Museums—Political aspects—Soviet Union [Browse]
• Museum exhibits—Russia (Federation). [Browse]
• Museum exhibits—Soviet Union [Browse]
• Political culture—Russia (Federation) [Browse]
• Political culture—Soviet Union [Browse]
• Collective memory—Russia (Federation). [Browse]
• Russians—Ethnic identity [Browse]

Series

• BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies [More in this series]
• BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

Summary note

"This book presents the results of extensive research into the very interesting phenomenon of local museums--kraevedschskyi museums--in Russia's regions. It outlines how numerous such museums are, how long they have existed, what they display, and how this has changed, or not, from Soviet times up to the present. It shows how the museums' displays often are about nature, history and society. It goes on to discuss how what is portrayed represents particular interpretations of knowledge--including the heroism of the Soviet past, a colonial-style view of Russia's very many non-Russian people and the failure to mention things which might present Russia in a critical way. The book is much more than "museum studies": it sheds a great deal of light on how Russians think about themselves and about how this self-view is fostered; and it also highlights the vast regional differences which exist in Russia"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Cultural myths and common silences in (post) Soviet museums
• 'Ask anyone; it's just around the corner' : Krayevedcheskiy museums in the Russian city-scape
• A brief overview of the history of Russian regional museums
• 'Arctic tundra. Forest. Desert' : Constructing nature in krayevedcheskiy museums
• Nature-human relations in contemporary krayevedcheskiy museums
• 'From ancient times to the present day' : The construction of history
• Representations of the Great Terror : From denial to understanding?
• 'A northern man with a harpoon' : Representing a socialist society and creating 'others'
• Creating 'the other' in contemporary Russian krayevedcheskiy museums
• Creating (post-)Soviet taxonomies : Cultural myths and 'common unsaids.'

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Other title(s)

Representing and misrepresenting knowledge about nature, history and society

ISBN

• 9781032207315
• 1032207310 (hardcover)
• 9781032207322 (paperback)
• 1032207329 (paperback)

LCCN

2022010370

OCLC

1319083461

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