Формирование постсоветской памяти о Российской империи: образ Николая II в монументальных памятниках 1990-х – 2010-х гг.

С. 59–65.

Boltunova E.

The research targets the interrelations between new monuments construction process and Post-Soviet society’s cultural and historical memory creation. More specifically the goal of the project is to evaluate the last Russian Emperor Nicolas II’s statues and memorials in contemporary Russia (1990s – 2010s). The period in question is marked with evoking of conscious interest to the national past. However, the image of Nicolas II is extremely contradictory and keeps provoking debate.

The article presents statistical data (date, place, initiative groups that commissioned the erection of the monuments) arranged by decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s) as well as its comparative evaluation and demonstrates how throughout the Post-Soviet period there occurred a shift in social views on this historical personality 

Keywords: Russian Empire, Российская империя, Post-Soviet Russia, Николай II, история памяти, history of memory, мемориализация, памятники, memorialization, Nicolas II, monuments

Publication based on the results of: Рецепция имперского пространства власти в СССР и постсоветской России (1910-е – 2010-е гг.) (2016)

In book

Пятнадцатые Романовские чтения

Екатеринбург: Квадрат, 2015.