Regional Russian Books of Memory as a Form of Preservation and Transfer of Cultural-Historical Memory about the Afghanistan War of 1979-1989

The historical memory of the Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan (1979-1989) is studied through the prism of memory books dedicated to the participants of the war and those who died in it. The present paper is the first study of the Afghan books of memory that were published over the past decades in different regions of Russia. The first part of this paper analyzes the regional books of memory published in various regions of the Russian Federation from 1991 to the present day; the second part analyzes the books of memory published in small cities of Russia as a separate cultural phenomenon. In conclusion, the author describes the main features of regional Afghan books of memory, emphasizing that the memory books are published with the active participation of various regional organizations - from local archives to representatives of municipalities - revealing that the publication of these books is part of cultural policy in the regions. Many memory books have been reprinted, which indicates the continued collection and processing of information about the military casualties in Afghanistan. The regional books of memory are one of the most important forms of preserving and transmitting the historical memory of the Afghanistan war.

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Essential parameters of military-memorial heritage as a cultural phenomenon

Культура и искусство ◽

10.7256/2454-0625.2020.9.32184 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 55-67

Author(s):

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Rubin ◽

Ekaterina Vladimirovna Spiridonova ◽

Mariya L'vovna Shub

Keyword(s):

Cultural Policy ◽

Historical Memory ◽

Regional Identity ◽

Government Support ◽

Social Functions ◽

Grant Programs ◽

Cultural Phenomenon ◽

Deductive Method ◽

Humanistic Knowledge ◽

The Military

The relevance of studying military-memorial heritage is defined by terminological uncertainty of the phenomenon. The subject of this research is the basic essential parameters of military-memorial heritage within the framework of humanistic knowledge. The object of this research is the military-memorial heritage as a phenomenon of national culture. The authors explore the key structural forms of existence, species diversity, social functions and specific attributes of the military-memorial heritage; leaning on that conduct structural-functional analysis and determine essential parameters of the “military memorial heritage” as a cultural phenomenon. In the course of this work, the authors apply the interdisciplinary method of research due to the fact that military-memorial heritage attracts attention of the scholars of humanities (culturology, sociology, political science, history, philosophy, and others), as well as deductive method that suggests narrative logic from the general to the specific. In the context of this study, the “general” implies such phenomena as historical memory, heritage, and cultural policy, while the “specific” implies the derivative sociocultural phenomena (military-memorial culture, military memorial heritage, etc.). The scientific novelty lies in the attempt to determine the essential parameters of the phenomenon of military-memorial heritage. The conclusion is made that possessing the particular characteristics, military-memorial heritage requires conceptualization and profound scientific cognition. The key positions of the research were implemented in terms of grant programs of the President of the Russian Federation for government support of the leading young Russian scholars – Doctors of Sciences (MD-2020 Contest), and the project “Culture of Memory of Industrial Cities of the Russian Province: Memorial Strategies of Regional Identity”.

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ON THE NEED TO COLLECT, PRESERVE AND STUDY DISAPPEARED NAMES OF SETTLEMENTS

10.34216/2020-1.onomast.187-192 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 187-192

Author(s):

S.A. Popov

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Historical Memory ◽

Comprehensive Analysis ◽

Local History ◽

The Past ◽

Cultural Systems ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Time Periods ◽

The Disappeared

The article deals with the problem of collecting, preserving and researching the disappeared names of localities in the subjects of the Russian Federation, which for centuries have become an integral part of the historical and cultural heritage of the peoples of our country. The author believes that only a comprehensive analysis of the past oikonyms in nominational, lexical-semantic, historical-cultural, historical-ethnographic, local history aspects will restore the linguistic and cultural systems of different time periods in different microareals of the Russian Federation. The author comes to the conclusion that in order to preserve the historical memory of the disappeared names of geographical objects, local researchers need the support of regional state authorities and local self-government.

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Class Conflict and Military Intervention in Uganda

The Journal of Modern African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022278x00022898 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 634-637 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John D. Chick

Keyword(s):

Patterns of Behavior in the Great Patriotic War’s Soviet Cinema

Journal of Flm Arts and Film Studies ◽

10.17816/vgik8454-65 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 54-65

Author(s):

Marianna A Rostotskaya

Keyword(s):

Cultural Policy ◽

Historical Memory ◽

Real Life ◽

Positive Image ◽

Soviet Cinema ◽

Great Patriotic War ◽

Patterns Of Behavior ◽

Building Activities ◽

The One ◽

The Military

The author explores the moral stances of films produced during the Great Patriotic War. The author considers these films as a part of the state cultural policy suggesting that their plots and characters were subject to the political situation and focused on the morale building activities both in the military and in the rearward. The frame of holy war dictated patterns of behavior on the screen as well as in real life. The Great Patriotic War and necessity of the nations unity promoted Soviet peoples collectivist identity. The theme of revenge became the keynote of films produced during this period. On the one hand, Soviet people showed on the screen righteous anger, intransigence and even cruelty against the enemy; on the other hand - altruism, willingness to sacrifice ones life for the sake of motherland and compatriots. The concept of us and them which had been formed during the class struggle received further development. The Soviet cinema tended to embody patterns of behavior for all social groups. Mans and womans images became mostly archetypal. The author shows that a mans positive image was a hero and a man of wisdom, whereas a womans positive image was to be a female warrior, beloved and mother. Moral rigorism, certainty and univocity of films shot during the war played a great role for the victory. Ethics of duty in Soviet films, introducing the model of life as heroic act, seemed invincible in the war years since it was based on distinct ideas of the purpose of the society. The destruction of the Soviet institutions and ideology would have contested the moral component of films made in the period of the Great Patriotic War. The article contributes to the development of historical memory and ability to perceive a film within the framework of public life and cultural policy.

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Destinies of editions about the Russian-Japanese War in the collections of pre-revolutionary military libraries

Proceedings of SPSTL SB RAS ◽

10.20913/2618-7515-2020-3-11-27 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 11-27

Author(s):

A. M. Panchenko ◽

Yu. V. Timofeeva

Keyword(s):

Historical Memory ◽

First World War ◽

World War ◽

Legal Documents ◽

The First World War ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Number Of Publications ◽

The Military ◽

First World

The relevance of the topic is due to the great role of military-historical literature and libraries as its repositories in forming the historical memory ofthe people, which is important for ensuring the spiritual security of the country. The article is the first to examine publications on the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905 from the book collection of the “House of Officers of the Novosibirsk Garrison” of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, got from other military libraries. The purpose of the article is to identify the fate of military libraries. Research tasks are: 1) to calculate the number of publications on the Russian-Japanese War in the book collection of the “House of Officers...”; 2)to reconstruct their repertoire; 3) to determine libraries which collections they were originally included in. The study methodologically bases on historic, objective, systematic principles, localization of historical facts. Methods used are that of source studying, comparative and statistical. The work is done on a wide representative source base, constituted from pre-revolutionary publications of the “Houses of Officers...,” periodicals, regulatory and legal documents of the military department. 21 catalogs of officer libraries were analyzed, confirming the presence of issues on the Russian-Japanese War in them. As a result of the study, 92 pre-revolutionary works in 100 copies dedicated to the Russian-Japanese War were revealed in the library of the House of Officers. For 66 of them in 71 copies the former ownership of 18 military libraries was established. Their repertoire was reconstructed. The results show that the First World War, which destroyed the personnel of the Russian army, became an involuntary cause of the ruin of military libraries, having left them without supervision in the places of the previous quartering of troops and deprived them of officers - enthusiasts of librarianship. The revolutions of 1917, radical transformations of Soviet power and the Civil War completed the ruin of the tsarist army military libraries, which ceased to exist as independent book collections. The study has expanded the understanding of the state role in military-historical works’ dissemination and military libraries’ collections replenishment.

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STATE POLICY FOR THE FORMATION OF HISTORICAL MEMORY OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR 1941–1945: REGIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kavkazologiya ◽

10.31143/2542-212x-2021-1-141-157 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 141-157

Author(s):

A.I. TETUEV ◽

Keyword(s):

State Policy ◽

Historical Memory ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Political Life ◽

Educational Organizations ◽

Civic Values ◽

Great Patriotic War ◽

Patriotic Education ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

The Military

The article examines the legal framework of patriotic education of citizens of the Russian Federation and the experience of forming historical memory of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 on the example of Kabardino-Balkaria. The state policy of patriotic education of citizens is analyzed in the context of changes in foreign policy and socio-political life in modern Russia. The process of development of regional legislation on the management of the sphere of patriotic education of citizens is considered. The experience of the work of state authorities, educational organizations and institutions of civil society in Kabardino-Balkaria in organizing the military-patriotic education of youth is summarized. The article reveals the activities of search teams to perpetuate the memory of those who died during the Great Patriotic War, as well as secondary schools, museums and libraries to form civic values of youth. The problems in the system of organization of patriotic education are revealed.

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PRESERVING THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR IN THE RUSSIAN ONOMASTIC SPACE

Verhnevolzhski Philological Bulletin ◽

10.20323/2499-9679-2020-4-23-89-98 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 89-98

Author(s):

Sergei A. Popov ◽

◽

Ksenia M. Gerasimova ◽

Keyword(s):

Significant Contribution ◽

Historical Memory ◽

Main Attention ◽

The Past ◽

Sports Events ◽

The People ◽

Great Patriotic War ◽

History Of ◽

The Subject ◽

The Russian Federation

The subject of analysis in this article is the ranks of proper names that have entered the onomastic space of Russia over the past 75 years, in which the memory of the heroes and events of the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 has been preserved. The purpose of the work is to identify the specificity of onomastic units associated with the specified period in the history of our country. The authors of the article suggest calling them heroic toponyms, ergonyms, carabonyms, etc. According to the authors, the onomastic space of the Russian Federation is currently one of the most reliable types of historical memory of the people, since the names, surnames, and occupations of people who have made a significant contribution to the history of a particular settlement, region or country in overall, as well as the names of historical events. The process of this onomastic nomination is presented as part of the state policy of memory. The article examines in the aspect of commemoration toponyms, microtoponyms, oikonyms, urbanonyms, oronyms, carabonyms, astronyms, cosmonyms, ergonyms, as well as modern memorial sports events dedicated to the events and heroes of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The main attention is paid to heroic toponymy, in particular, the specificity of the commemorative nomination in the settlements on the territory of which during the war years hostilities took place (hero cities, cities of military glory, settlements of military valor) are highlighted. The authors come to the conclusion that reliable information about one of the most difficult periods of Russian history will be reliably transmitted from generation to generation through the onomastic space of Russia.

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Interpretations of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion in the Slovenian Press at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Asian Studies ◽

10.4312/as.2013.1.2.35-49 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 35-49

Author(s):

Uroš LIPUŠČEK

Keyword(s):

20Th Century ◽

Military Intervention ◽

Chinese People ◽

The Past ◽

Boxer Rebellion ◽

Internal Affairs ◽

The Right ◽

The Military

This essay deals with the Slovene reaction to the military intervention of eight coalition forces in China during the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900. To Slovenes, China was then seen as a faraway land that had been visited by some Slovene missionaries, noblemen and travellers throughout the past centuries. Nevertheless, much interest was expressed by the Slovene public and press in the events surrounding the Boxer Rebellion. Despite the fact that the Austro-Hungarian military was part of the international coalition that intervened in Chinese internal affairs, the leading Slovene newspapers of the period supported the right of the Chinese people to defend their country against the big powers of the time, who tried to dismember China and enforce the regime of capitulation.

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Historical Memory of the First World War: Notes on its Shaping in Russia and in the West

MGIMO Review of International Relations ◽

10.24833/2071-8160-2009-2-5-31-36 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 31-36

Author(s):

E. S. Senjavskaja

Keyword(s):

Historical Memory ◽

First World War ◽

World War ◽

The Past ◽

The First World War ◽

Political Background ◽

The Power Elite ◽

The Military ◽

First World

The article deals with the reasons, why the First World War didn’t leave stable heroic symbols in the historical memory of the Russians and occupied only marginal place. The influence of ideological and political background on the interpretation of the past, the role of the power elite in shaping the aims of the retrospective propaganda. The picture of the military events of 1914 – 1918 in Russian and foreign fiction literature has been given on the comparative basis.

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Churches and Human Rights in Latin America: Recent Trends in the Subcontinent

Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs ◽

10.2307/165692 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 89-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Brian H. Smith

Keyword(s):

Domestic Violence ◽

Military Intervention ◽

Armed Forces ◽

South American ◽

Economic Changes ◽

The Past ◽

Democratic Regimes ◽

Recent Trends ◽

The 1960S ◽

The Military

Over the past fifteen years the military have seized power in most major South American countries, leaving only Colombia and Venezuela with democratic regimes. The armed forces claim that only they are capable of controlling the domestic violence and social disruptions which accompanied the rapid political and economic changes of the 1960s. This process of social conflict and subsequent military intervention has been especially notable in the countries of the subcontinent region—Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay.

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