Post-Imperial Heritage on the Former Territories of Russia
The Many Faces of Tsar
Post-Imperial Heritage on the Former Territories of Russia
The Many Faces of Tsar
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This edited volume explores the enduring impact of Russian imperialism across its former territories. It critically examines the complex interplay between the legacies of tsarist imperialism and Soviet rule and their interpretations in formerly dominated regions.
This book analyzes the actualization of the memory of the post-imperial era through the prism of cultural heritage, from material heritage to memory narratives and ways of understanding one's own past. The contributors focus on practices in the areas neighboring Russia, which were once part of the Russian Empire and are now located in other countries such as Lithuania, Poland, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and the USA (Alaska). The book shows how the seemingly forgotten legacy of tsarist times is used in contemporary narratives about memory, local identity, and practices regarding the material legacy of the times of subordination in a situation where aggression against Ukraine has reignited the discussion about Russian imperialism.
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Table of Contents
Malgorzata Glowacka-Grajper and Malgorzata Lukianow
Chapter 1. Trauma and Justice. A comparative study of projects to decolonise political memory in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Bartlomiej Krzysztan
Chapter 2. Hegemon, Oppressor, or Leader of Change: The Image of 19th Century Russia in Polish and Lithuanian History Textbooks
Tomasz Blaszczak and Agnieszka Nowakowska
Chapter 3. Heritage practitioners and interpretations of post-imperial Russian heritage in Warsaw during the war in Ukraine
Malgorzata Glowacka-Grajper
Chapter 4. The difficult legacy of 'Russian America' – the case study of the Baranov statue in Sitka, Alaska
Kacper Dziekan
Chapter 5. Russian/Soviet imperial narrative of Hungry Steppe irrigation in Kazakhstan. The case of the Museum of the History of cotton growing in the Turkestan region
Jerzy Rohozinski
Chapter 6. Russian barracks in Warsaw – an imperial space, 1864–1914 and beyond
Aleksander Lupienko
Chapter 7. The role of post-tsarist architecture in Bialowieza. How community divide along different strategies for (non)addressing its history, presence and multivalent potential
Barbara Bossak-Herbst
Chapter 8. Industrial heritage in Lodz and Bialystok
Malgorzata Lukianow
Conclusion: Postscriptum: National and Local Heritage within the Post-Imperial Entanglements
Malgorzata Glowacka-Grajper and Malgorzata Lukianow
Product details
| Published | 10 Dec 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 248 |
| ISBN | 9798765157558 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 9 b&w illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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