Memory and Politics. The Caucasian War in the Memorial Space of Chechnya | Sibirskie Istoricheskie Issledovaniia – Siberian Historical Research. 2024. № 1. DOI: 10.17223/2312461X/43/14

Memory and Politics. The Caucasian War in the Memorial Space of Chechnya

The article is devoted to the analysis of the causes of the peripherality of memory of the Caucasian War in the memorial space of Chechnya (RF). The author presents a general picture of memory in this republic and wonders why it has such a form here and occupies such a place. The analysis of the available materials allowed us to conclude that the answer to the questions posed is the peculiarities of the existence of the republic as a subject of the Russian Federation and the complex history of interaction between the Chechen people and the Russian state. The work is based on several field studies by the author, during which more than sixty interviews were collected, including with memory actors in Chechnya, and field observations. An important source also was the analysis of the media, social networks and speeches of Chechen politicians. Published in accordance with the research plan of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The author declares no conflict of interests.

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memory of the Caucasian war, heroization, victimization, national Chechen heroes, politics of memory in Chechnya

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Name	Organization	E-mail
Tanaylova Valentina A.	Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences	valya00763@gmail.com

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