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Staging the Great Victory: Weaponizing Story, Song, and Spectacle in Russia's Wars of History and Memory
- TDR: The Drama Review
- Cambridge University Press
- Volume 65, Number 1, Spring 2021 (T249)
- pp. 95-123
- Article
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Abstract:
A war of history and memory over the Great Patriotic War (WWII) between the Soviet Union and Germany has been raging in Vladimir Putin's Russia for almost two decades. Putin's Kremlin deploys all of the mythmaking machinery at its disposal to correct narratives that demonize the Soviet Union and reflect badly on post-Soviet Russia. Victory Day, celebrated annually on 9 May with parades, concerts, films, theatre, art, and music, plays a crucial role in disseminating the Kremlin's counter narratives.