«Lenin knew how to dream»: Temporal sequence and narrative landscapes of memory of the Soviet past
https://doi.org/10.22394/2412-9410-2025-11-1-364-374
Abstract
A review of: Veselkova, N. V., Gramatchikova, N. B., Enina, L. V., & Priamikova E. V. (2022). Mechty i pamiat’: narrativnye landshafty nebol’shogo sovetskogo goroda [Dreams and memories: narrative landscapes of a small Soviet city]. Kabinetnyi uchenyi. (In Russian).
Supporting agencies: The article is a part of the RANEPA state assignment research programme.
About the Author
F. V. Nikolai
Russian State University for the Humanities; The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Feodor Vladimirovich Nikolai, Dr. Sci. (Philosophy)
Professor, Department of Theory and History of Humanitarian Knowledge; Senior Researcher, Center for Studies in History and Culture, School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Institute for Social Sciences
119571, Moscow, Prospekt Vernadskogo, 82
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Nikolai F.V. «Lenin knew how to dream»: Temporal sequence and narrative landscapes of memory of the Soviet past. Shagi / Steps. 2025;11(1):364-374. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22394/2412-9410-2025-11-1-364-374
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