Let the Past Collapse on Time

Title

Let the Past Collapse on Time

Subject

toppling of Lenin monuments in Ukraine

Description

In this New York Review of Books piece, Vladimir Sorokin reflects on the symbolism of the toppled monuments, drawing parallels and making distinctions between how it was done in Russia in 1991 and in Ukraine in 2014, and raising the question of what it meant in each case.

Creator

Vladimir Sorokin

Publisher

New York Review of Books

Date

2014-05-08

Contributor

Jenya Mironava

Collection

Citation

Vladimir Sorokin, “Let the Past Collapse on Time,” Mapping Cultural Space Across Eurasia, accessed March 29, 2024, https://eurasia.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/315.

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