Overcoming Soviet Regimes of Memory
Overcoming Soviet Regimes of Memory
Author(s): Stsiapan StureikaSubject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Political Essay
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: History museum;Belarus
Summary/Abstract: The story of local history museums in the post-Soviet space provides a perfect case-study forunderstanding the difficulties in transformingand de-Sovietising not only museum exhibitsand staff, but the whole approach to localhistory and heritage. The complexity ofthese issues can be seen through one smallprovincial Belarusian museum – the FrancišakBahuševič Ašmiany local history museum.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 02 (16)
- Page Range: 168-175
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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