Monuments and Territory by Mykola Homanyuk, Mischa Gabowitsch - 9789633868225

Name: Monuments and Territory by Mykola Homanyuk, Mischa Gabowitsch - 9789633868225
Brand: Central European University Press

Central European University Press

Monuments and TerritoryWar Memorials in Russian-Occupied Ukraine\nAuthor(s): Mykola Homanyuk, Mischa Gabowitsch\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Central European University Press, Hungary\nImprint: Central European University Press\nISBN-13: 9789633868225, 978-9633868225\nSynopsis\nFrom the very first weeks of Russias large-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Russian soldiers, politicians, and proxy administrators expended considerable effort interacting with monuments on newly occupied territory. Why did the invaders care enough about war memorials to divert scarce resources to destroying, maintaining, or building them amid a massive war? Why did they remove some memorials and spare others? What was the point of commemorating past victories and defeats while bombing Ukrainian cities, and how did commemorative ceremonies in the occupied territories\n\nchange over the first year of the war? What was the broader impact of monument-related practices beyond the local settings in which.