Myth and Remembrance
Russia and the Year 1812
Osteuropa 1/2013
Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel, Anna Ananieva, Klaus Gestwa (Ed.)
Berlin (BWV) 2013 [= Osteuropa 1/2013]
176 pages, 43 figures
Price: 15,00 €
ISBN: 978-3-8305-3112-8
Deutsche Fassung
Contents
- Anna Ananieva, Klaus Gestwa
1812 in Russia and Europe
Media Presentation, Myths, and Historical Analysis - Vadim Parsamov
Myth and Ideology
1812 and the Idea of a “People’s War” - Elisabeth Cheauré
“Eagles in Their Heads, Snakes in Their Hearts…"
Napoleon, Borodino, and National Identity in Russia - Elena Višlenkova
The Anti-Napoleon Caricature
Peculiarities of Russian Humour - Regine Nohejl
“Glory to You Forever, Borodino!”
The Patriotic War in Present-Day Russia - Denis A. Sdvižkov
Uncomfortable Memory
Borodino and Leipzig - Boris Belge
The Roar of Cannon and the Ringing of Bells
Peter Tchaikovsky’s Festival Overture 1812 - Christine Engel
War and Peace
1812 in Tolstoy and Dornhelm - Konstantin Rapp
The Patriotic War
The centenary celebrations in 1912 - Igor’ Ermačenko
In 1812 Everything Was Better
Using Memory to Displace Crisis in the Late Tsarist Empire - Hans Hecker
1812 – Napoleon in Russia
A Review of Literature - Karlheinz Kasper
Manuscripts Don’t Burn
First and New Translations of Russian Literature in 2012 - Klaus Segbers
A Misinterpreted List of Defects
On the Alleged Crisis of Expertise concerning Russia