Open AccessThe practice of creating “places of memory” for the anniversary of the Altai Republic
Author(s) -
Nadeshda A. Tadina,
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T. S. Yabyshtaev,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
polevye issledovaniâ v verhnem priobʹe, priirtyšʹe i na altae (arheologiâ, ètnografiâ, ustnaâ istoriâ i muzeevedenie)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2687-0584
DOI - 10.37386/2687-0584-2021-16-256-260
Subject(s) - the republic , politics , mythology , consciousness , government (linguistics) , capital (architecture) , history , field (mathematics) , space (punctuation) , media studies , sociology , political science , archaeology , law , epistemology , classics , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , pure mathematics
The analysis of the practice of creating "places of memory" in connection with the 30th anniversary of the formation of the Altai Republic is given on the basis of the collected field material. It is noted that society and government materialize memory establishing monuments, opening museums, organizing holidays and festivals. The fact of the installation of V. I. Chaptynov monument (the first head of the republic) forms a memorial landscape in the central park of Gorno-Altaysk — the capital of the republic. Attention is drawn to the fact that in order to understand the significance of famous personalities, political myths have been put together as a tool to influence public consciousness. The main objects of the mythologization of the regional political space are the local public figures’ biographical facts and the events of regional history.