The Great War in Russian Memory

Authors

Karen Petrone, University of KentuckyFollow

Abstract

Russian historian Karen Petrone, Professor and Chair of the History Department at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, talked about her book The Great War in Russian Memory, published by Indiana University Press. Using memoirs, literature, films, military histories, and archival materials, she shows that World War I, while never officially commemorated, was the subject of “a lively discourse about religion, heroism, violence and patriotism” during the interwar period. Her talk was part of the WKU Libraries’ “Far Away Places” speaker series and took place on the evening of Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Disciplines

Cultural History | European History | Military and Veterans Studies | Military History | Political Science | Slavic Languages and Societies | Social History | Sociology of Culture | Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies

Recommended Citation

Petrone, Karen, "The Great War in Russian Memory" (2014). Library Speaker Series & Special Events. Paper 130.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ul_events/130