Victory Banner Over the Reichstag: Film, Document, and Ritual in Russia’s Contested Memory of World War II (Russian and East European Studies)

by Jeremy Hicks

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One of the iconic images of WWII was a Russian soldier raising a red flag atop the ruins of the German Reichstag. Award-winning author Hicks explores how the Soviets, and then Putin, have used this image and the banner itself to build a remarkably powerful mythology of Russian greatness.
  • ISBN10 0822946505
  • ISBN13 9780822946502
  • Publish Date 28 April 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 296
  • Language English