Cover
Series title page
Title page
Copyright page
Introduction
War memorials and territorial claims
Structure, scope, sources, and methods
Chapter 1. Theorizing the Monumentscape
Writing a collective biography of war memorials
Monumentscapes
Iconoclasm or heritage protection?
The Soviet period
Post-Soviet changes: Expanding the memorial canon
Changes since 2014
Ukrainian memory politics
Recent changes in rural Ukraine
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Monuments Destroyed, Spared, and Stolen
Monuments spared
Monuments stolen
Chapter 4. Monuments (Re-)Built
Lenin’s return
“Eight (thirty?) years of neglect”
Rekindling the eternal flame
Spurious reconstruction
Monuments as sites of reeducation
Monuments built
Monuments planned
New monuments in Russia and the Ukrainian territories occupied since 2014
Coda: Monument construction as big business
Chapter 5. Monuments Broadcast
Pictures and videos of war memorials in Russian propaganda
Pictures and videos of war memorials in Ukrainian propaganda
Monuments defiant
Monuments and anti-war protest in Russia
Iconoclasm abroad and in free Ukraine
New and renewed memorials
The commemorative calendar
Table of commemorative dates
Linking practices
Educational practices
Symbols
Conclusions
Goalposts of a shifting frontier
Decentering perspectives on war memorials
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index of Places in Ukraine
Index of Names
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