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The purpose of the article is to present the problem of creating the image of Joseph Stalin by Moscow's tourism industry. On the basis of material collected through participant observation and semi-structured interviews, the paper presents different "embodiments" of Stalin, which can be found in the strict centre of the Russian capital city. The analysis conducted from the anthropological perspective aims to shed light on the process of commodification of dissonant heritage. Moreover, it invites to the further discussion on the relationship between memory, dissonant heritage and tourism development in the eastern Europe.
keywords in English:
Moscow; Stalin image; memory; dissonant heritage; tourism anthropology; post-Soviet heritage; souvenirs; Joseph Stalin; tourism industry; commodification; tourism development; Russia
number of pulisher's sheets:
0,76
affiliation:
Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych : Instytut Studiów Międzykulturowych