ABSTRACT In 1997 a monument dedicated to Heroes of the Soviet Union Aliya Moldagulova and Manshuk Mametova was unveiled on the former site of the monument to Lenin in central Almaty. This case study investigates the valorization of these Soviet-era World War II heroes in independent Kazakhstan, and argues that the Kazakhstani state has recast these heroes as significant figures in the official centuries-long history of Kazakhstan. Incorporating and commemorating the Soviet experience of World War II as part of the narrative of an independent state provides an avenue for legitimating Kazakhstani nation-building efforts. Incorporating regionally important stories of women heroes through monuments and commemorative activities demonstrates the symbolic and instrumental roles that monuments in public spaces play in reinforcing officially acceptable gender roles and in structuring power relations between the regions and the centre in Kazakhstan and between Kazakhstan and Russia.

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重铸民族：把苏联英雄变成哈萨克斯坦爱国主义的象征

摘要 1997 年，在阿拉木图市中心的列宁纪念碑旧址上揭幕了一座献给苏联英雄阿利亚·莫尔达古洛娃和曼舒克·马梅托娃的纪念碑。本案例研究调查了这些苏联时代的二战英雄在独立的哈萨克斯坦的价值提升，并认为哈萨克斯坦国家已将这些英雄重新塑造为哈萨克斯坦长达数百年的官方历史中的重要人物。将苏联在二战中的经历作为独立国家叙事的一部分纳入和纪念，为哈萨克斯坦的建国努力提供了合法途径。