KUNSTTEXTE.DE 1/2024
Ostblick, special issue: War on Monuments: Documenting the Debates over Russian and Soviet Heritage in Eastern and Central Europe

Guest editor: Kristina Jõekalda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.48633/ksttx.2024.1

Editorial
Historiography of Now: Russian/Soviet Monuments under Debate in Europe
Kristina Jõekalda

The End of Spatialised Finlandisation? The Fate of Soviet Statues in Finland since 2022
Olga Juutistenaho

War in Ukraine and the Estonian War on Monuments: Contexts of a Discussion that Was Not Expected to Happen
Linda Kaljundi and Riin Alatalu

“History cannot be finished!” Dismantling and Demolishing Soviet Monuments in Latvia since 2022
Maija Rudovska

Decolonisation in Lithuania? Revisiting the Concept of Cultural Resistance under Foreign Rule since 1990
Violeta Davoliūtė

The Borderline State: The Belarusian Frontier in the Memory Wars
Oxana Gourinovitch

Occupation and De-occupation of War Memorials in Ukraine: Commemorative Practices in Russian-Controlled Territories, 2022–2023
Mykola Homanyuk and Mischa Gabowitsch

World War II Monuments in Ukraine: Protection, Dismantling and Reuse since 2022
Iryna Sklokina

Layers of Dissonant Heritage in Poland: Soviet and Russian Memorials after 24 February 2022
Małgorzata Łukianow and Anna Topolska

Colourful Transformations of Soviet War Memorials in Slovakia and the Czech Republic
Petra Hudek

“Alyosha, go home!” The Monuments of the Soviet Army in Romania and Bulgaria from the End of World War II until the Present
Claudia-Florentina Dobre

Memorials to the Red Army in Croatia: History, Preservation and Discussions since 1991
Dragan Damjanović and Zvonko Maković

Contested Sites: Soviet Monuments and Memorials of Liberation in Germany since 1990
Stephanie Herold

Afterword
Mimetic De-commemoration: The Fate of Soviet War Memorials in Eastern Europe in 2022–2023
Mischa Gabowitsch