Melnov, A. V. INSTALLATION OF A MONUMENT OF THE PETER THE GREAT IN VYBORG ON THE PAGES PRESS. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2021;43(6):93–100. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2021.661


Russian history

INSTALLATION OF A MONUMENT OF THE PETER THE GREAT IN VYBORG ON THE PAGES PRESS

Melnov
A. V. 		Vyborg’s associated heritage museum
Keywords:
Peter the Great
The monument of the Peter the Great
Leopold Bernstamm
the Grand Duchy of Finland
History of newspaper publishing
Vyborg
Tervaniemi
memory spaces		 Summary: Memory spaces of the main urban cultural societies (Swedish, Finnish and Russian) were formed in the urban space of Vyborg in the beginning of the 20th century. The result of this process was installation of a monumentof the “hero”. This installation caused confrontation between urban elites, which was reflected on the pages of the press of the Grand Duchy of Finland. This article examines the collision of interests and ideologies in Vyborg, when the monument of Peter the Great was supposed to be installed in 1910. The conflict of the historical memory by urban cultures is issue in the framework of collective memory studies and becoming of national identity in most detached region of Russian Empire. The installation of a monument of the Peter the Great timed to celebrate of the 200 years anniversary of Vyborg siege was received with hostility by Swedish and Finnish elites.



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