Architecture of Oblivion: Ruins and Historical Consciousness in Modern Russia by Andreas Schönle

Architecture of Oblivion: Ruins and Historical Consciousness in Modern Russia

Andreas Schönle

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Despite attempts to promote the aesthetics of ruins in Russia--from Catherine the Great s construction of fake ruins in imperial parks to Josef Brodsky s elegiac meditations--ruins have never achieved the status they enjoy in Western Europe. While...

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