ABSTRACT

Azerbaijan’s post-Soviet commemorations reproduce a little-discussed Soviet practice, which was to deploy cultural exchange to reify the nation. Military, cultural, and political figures circulated across and beyond the Soviet Union, becoming defining symbols of the Azerbaijani people. Azerbaijan’s present-day memorials, museums, and burial sites thus serve not only as locales where cultural and national luminaries are remembered, but perhaps more importantly as sites where their global recognition – as garnered through exchange – is carefully documented and stored as national value. Post-Soviet Azerbaijan remains a nation whose sense of self-worth is often framed in terms of its reception by others.

摘要

阿塞拜疆的后苏联纪念活动再现了一个鲜为人知的苏联做法，即通过文化交流来实现国家的具体化。军事、文化和政治人物在苏联境内外流传，成为阿塞拜疆人民的标志性象征。因此，阿塞拜疆如今的纪念馆、博物馆和墓地不仅是纪念文化和国家杰出人物的场所，而且更重要的是，它们可能更重要的是作为他们的全球认可——通过交流获得——被仔细记录并作为国家价值储存的场所。后苏联时代的阿塞拜疆仍然是一个国家，其自我价值感经常被他人接受。