Saving Stalin\'s Imperial City
Saving Stalin\'s Imperial City is the history of the successes and failures in historic preservation and of Leningraders\' determination to honor the memory of the terrible siege the city had endured during World War II. The book stresses the counterintuitive nature of Stalinist policies, which allocated scarce wartime resources to save historic monuments of the tsarist and imperial past even as the very existence of the Soviet state was being threatened, and again after the war, when housing, hospitals, and schools needed to be rebuilt. Postwar Leningrad was at the forefront of a concerted restoration effort, fueled by commemorations that glorified the city\'s wartime experience, encouraged civic pride, and mobilized residents to rebuild their hometown. For Leningrad, the restoration of monuments and commemorations of the siege were intimately intertwined, served similar purposes, and were mutually reinforcing.
£18.99
Similar Deals
Save 23%
Martin Parr
£30.00
£23.33
From Wordery
Save 18%
Driven
£14.99
£12.38
From Wordery
Save 24%
Holy Shit
£12.99
£9.93
From Wordery
Save 20%
Circular Knitting Workshop
£16.99
£13.69
From Wordery
Herculaneum and the House of the Bicentenary - History and ...
£22.78
From Wordery
Save 7%
Tapestry Garden: The Art of Weaving Plants and Place
£25.00
£23.33
From Wordery
Save 25%
The Heal Your Gut Cookbook
£22.50
£16.98
From Wordery
Save 28%
Foraged Flora
£30.00
£21.64
From Wordery