Construction of the "Russian" Crimea: imperial monuments and memorials of the 19th and early 20th centuries

Іванюк, Олег Леонідович and Осетянова, Дарина (2025) Construction of the "Russian" Crimea: imperial monuments and memorials of the 19th and early 20th centuries Вісник Маріупольського державного університету. Серія Історія та політологія. (41). pp. 32-47. ISSN 2518-1521

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the places of memory that the Russian Empire created, realizing the task of transforming the collective consciousness and forming a mythologized perception of the past among the conquered peoples in the territories annexed by it. The main attention is focused on places of memory, which were supposed to broadcast and consolidate ideologemes inspired by the Russian tsar. The arrangement of places of remembrance took place in several directions: monuments and memorials in honor of Russian monarchs and leaders of the imperial troops who implemented the tasks of annexation and maintenance of the Crimean Peninsula; monuments that glorified the heroes of wars of aggression and glorified the invincibility of Russian weapons; places of remembrance that were designed to support the thesis of dividing the world into «us» and «them» and dehumanizing the Islamic population. The tsarist paid the main attention to several cities of the Crimean peninsula: Bakhchysarai – which was the former capital of the Crimean Khanate, Simferopol – which the conquerors declared the new capital, Sevastopol – which was positioned as a city of Russian weapons and glory. It has been established that in order to create in the minds of both its own and the conquered peoples a kind of parallel dimension in terms of the presentation and interpretation of the historical past and the consolidation of Russian imperial narratives, the tsar erected monuments to Catherine II, V.M. Dolgorukov-Krymsky, O. Kazarsky, S. Khrulyov, P. Nakhimov, V. Kornilov, E. Totleben, and others. With the help of artistic means and the creation of appropriate mystified stories about their actions and feats, glorified images far from reality were created. At the same time, according to government circles, the created pantheon had educational functions designed to form in the population a distorted knowledge of the past, confidence in the steadfastness of the government and a certain emotional state that would encourage them to give their lives for the implementation of new imperial geopolitical projects without further ado.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	places of memory; Russian Empire; monument; imperial policy; Crimean Peninsula; Sevastopol; Bakhchysarai
Subjects:	Статті у базах даних > Index Copernicus Статті у періодичних виданнях > Збірники наукових праць Статті у періодичних виданнях > Фахові (входять до переліку фахових, затверджений МОН) Статті у періодичних виданнях > Наукові рецензовані журнали (входять до інших баз, крім перерахованих та Google Academy, мають ISSN, DOI, індекс цитування)
Divisions:	Факультет суспільно-гуманітарних наук > Кафедра історії України
Depositing User:	Олег Леонідович Іванюк
Date Deposited:	20 Oct 2025 09:17
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2025 09:17
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/53436

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