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From the Trenches of Stalingrad to the Digital Front: The Myth and Memory of WWII in the Soviet Union and the New Russia
Lassin, Jacob Evan
Lassin, Jacob Evan
Abstract
In the Soviet Union, World War II was looked to as one of the most important historical events in the nation's history, unifying the population and the state. The state developed and exploited the narrative of WWII as a means of maintaining control in the country even after belief in Soviet ideology faltered. This process has been continued in post-Soviet Russia. This thesis traces the development of the Soviet telling of the war myth and how it is used in the new Russia for the state's pragmatic purposes. It specifically examines the transition of the war myth to the Internet, looking at how a state-sponsored website negotiates telling the "canonical" war story and allows for personal memories to be included in the telling.
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Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.
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2012-04-01
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World War II, Myth, Memory, Russia, Internet, Soviet Union
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Global Studies