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ISBN 9781501768651 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781501768644 (print)

Print version: Kalashnikov, Antony, 1991- Monuments for posterity : self-commemoration and the Stalinist culture of time. Ithaca, New York ; London : Cornell University Press, c2023 215 pages ISBN 9781501768644

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Beyond Totalitarian Monuments -- Stalinist Monuments in Context -- Historicist Aesthetics: Developing an Enduring Architecture -- Synthetic Composition: Anticipating Posterity’s Gaze -- The (Un)contested Politics of Stalinist Monument Building -- The Cultural Foundations of Stalinist Monument Building -- Self-commemoration and the Interwar Culture of Time -- Epilogue: Posterity’s Monuments.

"This book examines Stalinist sculptural and architectural monuments, which were tasked with ’immortalizing the memory’ of the era, for the edification of future generations. The book analyzes how this objective affected monument design and what factors prompted the popular yearning to be remembered-both in the Soviet Union and beyond its borders."-- Provided by publisher..

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