04235nam 2200637 450 991078700500332120200520144314.00-253-01489-1(CKB)3710000000264456(EBL)1822936(SSID)ssj0001350674(PQKBManifestationID)11871038(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001350674(PQKBWorkID)11295957(PQKB)10178053(OCoLC)895336889(MdBmJHUP)muse41891(Au-PeEL)EBL1822936(CaPaEBR)ebr10957197(OCoLC)893732352(MiAaPQ)EBC1822936(EXLCZ)99371000000026445620141030h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSaving Stalin's imperial city historic preservation in Leningrad, 1930-1950 /Steven MaddoxBloomington, Indiana :Indiana University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-01484-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Old Petersburg, preservation movements, and the Soviet state's "turn to the past" -- These monuments must be protected! : Leningrad's imperial cityscape at war -- Projecting Soviet power : historic restoration as commemoration in postwar Leningrad -- "When Ivan comes, there will be nothing left" : rebuilding and reimagining the historic monuments in Leningrad's suburbs -- Becoming "Leningraders" : official commemorations of the Blockade -- Cold War complications : Soviet patriotism, historic restoration, and the end of Blockade commemorations."Saving Stalin's Imperial City is a story of preservation, restoration, and commemoration in Leningrad during and after World War II. It is a history of the successes and failures in historic preservation and of Leningraders' determination to preserve the memory of the terrible siege the city had survived. The book stresses the counterintuitive nature of Stalinist policies, which allocated scarce wartime resources to save historic monuments from the tsarist and imperial past when the very existence of the Soviet state was threatened, and again after the war, when housing, hospitals, and schools needed to be rebuilt. While not all monuments were safe from destruction, the state's ideological move toward promoting Soviet patriotism led to policies that promoted heritage preservation, especially after Germany systematically sought to destroy monuments as a means of erasing evidence of Russian history and culture. When the war ended, 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 restore their hometown. For Leningrad, the restoration of monuments and commemorations of the siege were intimately intertwined, served similar purposes, and were mutually reinforcing"--Provided by publisher.Historic preservationRussia (Federation)Saint PetersburgHistory20th centuryHistoric buildingsConservation and restorationRussia (Federation)Saint PetersburgHistory20th centuryMonumentsConservation and restorationRussia (Federation)Saint PetersburgHistory20th centuryArchitectureConservation and restorationRussia (Federation)Saint PetersburgHistory20th centurySaint Petersburg (Russia)HistorySiege, 1941-1944Soviet UnionCultural policyHistoric preservationHistoryHistoric buildingsConservation and restorationHistoryMonumentsConservation and restorationHistoryArchitectureConservation and restorationHistory363.6/909472109043Maddox Steven1979-1533235MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787005003321Saving Stalin's imperial city3780040UNINA