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The victory banner over the Reichstag : film, document, and ritual in Russia's contested memory of World War II

Part of the Russian and East European Studies series
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One of the iconic images of WWII was a Russian soldier raising a red flag atop the ruins of the German Reichstag.

Award-winning author Hicks explores how the Soviets, and then Putin, have used this image and the banner itself to build a remarkably powerful mythology of Russian greatness.

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Product Details
0822946505 / 9780822946502
Hardback
28/04/2021
United States
English
340 pages : illustrations (black and white)
23 cm
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