The historical-revolutionary museums of Petrograd-Leningrad, 1917–1941

Project description

Remembering Soviet memory politics

How do we remember the 19th century revolutionary movement in Russia and the 1917 Revolution? How was the revolutionary narrative? The EU-funded REVMUS project will find the answers by analysing the formation of memory. It will study a group of historical revolutionary museums in Petrograd-Leningrad between 1917 and 1941. The two decades after the October Revolution witnessed a transformation of the memory landscape, as Bolshevik leaders exploited the struggle to overthrow the old regime as an instrument of political legitimacy. Particular focus will be on Petrograd-Leningrad due to its status in the Soviet memory politics – that of ‘the city of three revolutions’ and ‘the city of Lenin’.

Fields of science

• social sciences › sociology › governance
• social sciences › political sciences › political transitions › revolutions

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2020

See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Coordinator

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Net EU contribution

€ 224 933,76

Address

Wellington Square University Offices
OX1 2JD Oxford
United Kingdom

Region

South East (England) › Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire › Oxfordshire

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Other funding

€ 0,00