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

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

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"Saving Stalin's Imperial City is a story of preservation, restoration, and commemoration in Leningrad during and after World War II. It is a history of the successes and failures in historic preservation and of Leningraders' determination to preserve the memory of the terrible siege...

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Author / Creator: Maddox, Steven, 1979-
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Historic preservation > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > History > 20th century.
Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > History > 20th century.
Monuments > Conservation and restoration > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > History > 20th century.
Architecture > Conservation and restoration > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > History > 20th century.
City planning > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > History > 20th century.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Memorials > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg > History > 20th century.
Historic preservation > Government policy > Soviet Union > History.
Préservation historique > Russie > Saint-Pétersbourg > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Monuments historiques > Conservation et restauration > Russie > Saint-Pétersbourg > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Monuments > Conservation et restauration > Russie > Saint-Pétersbourg > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Architecture > Conservation et restauration > Russie > Saint-Pétersbourg > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Préservation historique > Politique gouvernementale > URSS > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Memorials
Historic preservation > Government policy
Cultural policy
City planning
Architecture > Conservation and restoration
Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration
Historic preservation
Monuments > Conservation and restoration
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Siege, 1941-1944.
Soviet Union > Cultural policy.
Saint-Pétersbourg (Russie) > Histoire > 1941-1944 (Siège)
Soviet Union
Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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