Практики памяти: Тверь, Медное, Ржев
Memorial practices: Tver, Mednoye, Rzhev

Summary/Abstract: The tragic history of the first half of the 20th century is receding into annals of history; there are hardly any surviving witnesses. However, practices of commemoration and collective memory are still there. Aleksandr Bushev looks at practices of public commemoration of collective consciousness related to the traumatic events in the history of the 20th century. The article focuses on modern documentary theatre concerned with repressions, media coverage of deconstruction of memorial plaques on the former building of Kalinin NKVD, the attempts to rebrand the Mednoye Museum, the struggle against the falsification of military history undertaken by Tver historian Svetlana Gerasimova, and the creation of a Soviet soldier memorial in Rzhev. Bushev’s goal is make us reflect on the images of memory in the consciousness of our contemporaries, on the ways in which this memory can be penetrated via creative and journalistic texts, and on attempts to erase this memory.

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