‘Lenin Lives’: Or Does He? Symbols and the Transition from Socialism

Graeme Gill

Europe-Asia Studies, 2008, vol. 60, issue 2, 173-196

Abstract: Symbols play an important role in the politics of all societies, especially at times of regime change when the symbols of the former regime are subject to three types of process: co-optation, contestation, and disavowal. An important symbol in post-communist Russia has been the body of Vladimir Lenin and, in particular, debate over whether it should remain in the mausoleum where it currently lies or whether it should be buried. Public opinion poll data throw some light on this, and enable us to evaluate the role that Lenin's body plays in contemporary politics in terms of notions of identity, legitimation, chronology and morality.

Date: 2008
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