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Russia's Regional Museums Representing and Misrepresenting Knowledge about Nature, History and Society

176 Pages 56 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

176 Pages 56 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

176 Pages 56 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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This book presents the results of extensive research into the very interesting phenomenon of local museums—kraevedschskyi museums—in Russia’s regions. It outlines how numerous such museums are, how long they have existed, what they display, and how this has changed, or not, from Soviet times up to the present. It shows how the museums’ displays often are about nature, history, and society. It... Read more

Acknowledgements

Note on transliteration

List of figures

Introduction

1 Cultural myths and common silences in (post-)Soviet museums

2 ‘Ask anyone; it’s just around the corner’: kraevedenie museums in the Russian cityscape

3 A brief overview of the history of Russian regional museums

4 ‘Arctic tundra. Forest. Desert’: constructing nature in kraevedenie museums

5 Nature–human relations in contemporary kraevedenie museums

6 ‘From ancient times to the present day’: the construction of history

7 Representations of the Great Terror: from denial to understanding?

8 ‘A northern man with a harpoon’: representing a socialist society and creating ‘others’