Šlechtická usaďba v Rusku 20. století jako příklad kontinuity a diskontinuity:

• Authors: Zbyněk Vydra

Title variants

EN

Countryside mansions of the 20th century Russian nobility as an example of continuity and discontinuity:

RU

Дворянская усадьба в России ХХ века как пример континуума и дисконтинуума:

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

Family mansions have traditionally played a central role in aristocratic family memory. Russian nobility was no exception to this, with country estates (usaďby) playing a special role. The country estate was a place where the aristocrats spent a substantial part of their childhood, a place of pleasant memories, and a sort of constant in family life across the generations. Thus, it was kept in family memory and had a secure place in it. At the same time, the estate itself was a place of memory, for it kept memories of previous generations of the family. Therefore, the paper deals with two fundamental problems. The first one is the role of a country mansion in ancestral memory, especially how a memory of a particular mansion have been passed down between the generations and how the image of a family mansion as a “nest” has transformed in the turbulent times of the late 19th century, through revolutions and up until the present times. The second one is a broader public discourse about nobility, its history and place in society. This discourse is presented through the image of country estates in the collective memory of nobility and the historical memory of society. The intention was to demonstrate the continuity and discontinuity in memory in the 20th century; therefore the article is divided into three parts: country estate in the collective memory in Imperial Russia, in the Soviet era, and in post-Soviet times. The article is based mainly on personal sources (unpublished diaries from Russian archives, correspondence, memoirs, etc.).

Keywords

EN

Russia; 20th century; Russian nobility; country estates; collective memory; historical memory

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 106
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 433-463
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Zbyněk Vydra

• Slovanský přehled, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic