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Building Stalinism - The Moscow Canal and the Creation of Soviet Space (Hardcover)
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Building Stalinism - The Moscow Canal and the Creation of Soviet Space (Hardcover)
Series: Library of Modern Russia
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Today the 80-mile-long Moscow Canal is a source of leisure for
Muscovites, a conduit for tourists and provides the city with more
than 60% of its potable water. Yet the past looms heavy over these
quotidian activities: the canal was built by Gulag inmates at the
height of Stalinism and thousands died in the process. In this
wide-ranging book, Cynthia Ruder argues that the construction of
the canal physically manifests Stalinist ideology and that the
vertical, horizontal, underwater, ideological, artistic and
metaphorical spaces created by it resonate with the desire of the
state to dominate all space within and outside the Soviet Union.
Ruder draws on theoretical constructs from cultural geography and
spatial studies to interpret and contextualise a variety of
structural and cultural products dedicated to, and in praise of,
this signature Stalinist construction project. Approached through
an extensive range of archival sources, personal interviews and
contemporary documentary materials these include a diverse body of
artefacts - from waterways, structures, paintings, sculptures,
literary and documentary works, and the Gulag itself. Building
Stalinism concludes by analysing current efforts to reclaim the
legacy of the canal as a memorial space that ensures that those who
suffered and died building it are remembered. This is essential
reading for all scholars working on the all-pervasive nature of
Stalinism and its complex afterlife in Russia today.
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