War Monuments, Public Patriotism, and Bereavement in Russia, 1905–2015

Aaron J. Cohen is professor of history at California State University at Sacramento.

In War Monuments, Public Patriotism, and Bereavement in Russia, 1905–2015, Aaron J. Cohen describes a foundational feature of Russian national identity. Now, for the first time, readers can follow the engrossing story of the construction of Russian statuary of war, from the early twentieth century to current monument building under Putin. Cohen’s discussion of the memorialization of World War II is particularly compelling, and the book will be essential reading for students of Russia’s Great Patriotic War.

• Chapter 1 Honors and Insults: War Monuments in Late Imperial Russia, 1905–1914 Chapter 2 Victims and Heroes: The Rise and Fall of Patriotic Memorials, 1914–1922 Chapter 3 The Absence of Presence: War Monuments and Bolshevik Memorial Culture, 1922–1955 Chapter 4 Hope along the Marne: War Memorials in Russia Abroad, 1922–1941 Chapter 5 Soviet War Memorials: People, State, and the Great Patriotic War, 1955–1985 Chapter 6 The Return of the Public: Civic Reconciliation, Politics, and War Monuments, 1986–2015