The Chapaevization of Soviet Civil War Memory, 1922-1941
Journal: OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network)
Year: 2015

This thesis argues that the creation of the myth about Chapaev was not only a cultural and propagandistic blueprint, but also a memory project, which established a mnemonic pattern for the commemoration of the Civil War."The chapaevization of memory" consisted of retrofitting the past to the demands of Stalinism and creating a pattern for introducing similar personalities into the pantheon of Civil War heroes.Soviet history absorbed the fictional image of Chapaev and later of others like him as