Representation of Ethnicity in Monuments and Related Practices in the Levashovo Memorial Cemetery

PII
S0869-54150000392-4-1
DOI
10.31857/S50000392-4-1
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Volume/ Edition
Volume / Issue 2
Pages
139-152
Abstract
The article discusses the ways in which the ethnic aspect is manifested in the monuments of the Levashovo Memorial Cemetery (the burial place of people executed during the Great Purge campaign). The author examines the Byelorussian funeral service as a particular case of honoring the memorial place. She provides interpretations of the case from the viewpoint of theories of ethnicity.
Keywords
anthropological study of ethnicity, nationalism, Stalin repressions, cemetery, funeral service, Byelorussia, Saint Petersburg
Date of publication
26.07.2025
Number of purchasers
1
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623

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