Social Practices of Using War Memorials in Russia: A Comparison between Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd and Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow
Journal: Sotsiologicheskoe Obozrenie / Russian Sociological Review
Year: 2015

This paper presents the results of research into the social practices of using memorials dedicated to the Second World War in post-soviet Russia. The authors introduce a comparative analysis of two case studies. They examine Poklonnaya Gora, located in Moscow, which is a site of memory (lieux de memoir), according to Pierre Nora, where there was no real fighting during the Battle of Moscow in 1941-1942. This is contrasted with Mamayev Kurgan, located in Volgograd, which is a site of remembrance