Angeloni, Francesco (A.A. 2024/2025) Shaping the past, controlling the present: the Soviet Union and the politics of memory. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative history of political systems, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Rosario Forlenza, pp. 141. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

Theoretical foundations and historical context. Theories of collective memory and politics of memory. Brief history of the Soviet Union: an essential historical overview of the Soviet Union to contextualize the events discussed. The role of propaganda and information in the Soviet regime: analysis of how propaganda and the control of information were used to shape public memory. The construction of memory during Stalinism. Stalin's personality cult and its representation in the Soviet media. The great purges and their reinterpretation in official documents. The role of propaganda and information in the Soviet regime in shaping public memory. The politics of memory (1939-1991). The Second world war and the myth of the great patriotic war. De-stalinization and the revival of the memory of the war. The memory and sacralization of victory in the Brezhnev years. The perestroika years and the change in collective memory. From Gorbachev to Yeltsin: the end of the USSR. The democratic awakening of perestroika and the silence of the memory of the war. The opening of the Soviet media during glasnost.

References

Bibliografia: pp. 130-140.

Thesis Type:	Master's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair:	Comparative history of political systems
Thesis Supervisor:	Forlenza, Rosario
Thesis Co-Supervisor:	De Stefano, Carolina
Academic Year:	2024/2025
Session:	Autumn
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2026 12:35
Last Modified:	15 Jun 2026 12:35
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46150

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