Memory at War: Blog: Stalin Monument Unveiled in Zaporizhzhia

05 May 2010

Stalin Monument Unveiled in Zaporizhzhia

Well, they succeeded. Today the Communist Party of Ukraine unveiled a three-metre monument to a uniformed and decorated Iosif Stalin in Zaporizhzhia, the first erected since Ukraine's independence. Video of the ceremony -- and the attendant protest -- follows below.

The weather was unusually hot in Zaporizhzhia today, and UNIAN is reporting that an elderly woman died during the unveiling ceremony. Three veterans of World War II were also hospitalized.

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Daniel WolpertJune 25, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Meanwhile in Stalin's home state an interesting reversal and disavowal of their most infamous son:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10412097.stm

one monument of repression for another?
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This blog, which originally emerged from the University of Cambridge workshop 'Research Methods in Eastern European Memory Studies' in December 2008, is part of the transnational and transdisciplinary project Memory at War: Cultural Dynamics in Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. The blog seeks to serve as an interactive site for students and scholars across disciplines who are interested in 'controversies of memory' and the cultural practices of mourning and commemoration in Eastern Europe.

Launched by Alexander Etkind and Rory Finnin of the Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Cambridge.

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