ABSTRACT

This article analyzes the impact of Soviet memorials to the Great Patriotic War in the Poltava oblast (central Ukraine) on the positioning of new war memorials in the post-Soviet urban landscape. Focusing on two key factors (availability of sites and their symbolic potency), the article shows that the Soviet memorials to the Great Patriotic War played an important role in how the memorials to the Soviet–Afghan war were positioned in the urban landscape of independent Ukraine, and that this prepared the ground for present-day discussions about the most appropriate way to position the memorials to the Russia–Ukraine conflict. The article contributes to discussions of the importance of the urban landscape in monument-building and elucidates the path-dependent nature of commemorations.

摘要

本文分析了波尔塔瓦州（乌克兰中部）的苏联卫国战争纪念碑对新战争纪念碑在后苏联城市景观中的定位的影响。文章关注两个关键因素（遗址的可用性及其象征效力），表明苏联卫国战争纪念碑在苏联-阿富汗战争纪念碑如何在独立乌克兰的城市景观中定位方面发挥了重要作用，并且这为当今关于以最合适的方式放置俄罗斯 - 乌克兰冲突纪念碑的讨论奠定了基础。这篇文章有助于讨论城市景观在纪念碑建造中的重要性，并阐明了纪念活动的路径依赖性质。