TY - JOUR
TI - Three Shades of Red: Power of Symbols or Soviet Legacy in Contemporary Inner Asian Capitals
AU - Mikhalev, Alexey V.
TI - Three Shades of Red: Power of Symbols or Soviet Legacy in Contemporary Inner Asian Capitals
AB - 
	The paper focuses on Soviet symbols in Inner Asian capitals and the conflicts around socialist legacy. We analyze Ulaanbaatar, Kyzyl, and Ulan-Ude as three different models of transformation of political symbols in urban space. All three capitals in their names contain the word “red” semiotically associated with communist ideology. Correspondingly, we see three different models of symbolic struggle for urban space. Theoretically, the paper is based upon the model of symbolic politics. Empirically, the research is based on materials of our own observations, discourse analysis of media, and official municipal documents. In general, the research is an analysis of symbolic practices of power in the conditions of a number of complex changes in Inner Asia.
VL - 2021
IS - Vol 49 Issue 1-2
PY - 2021
SN - 0083-4327
C1 - 2299-9558
SP - 133
EP - 143
DO - 10.4467/22999558.PE.21.009.14131
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-etnograficzne/article/three-shades-of-red-power-of-symbols-or-soviet-legacy-in-contemporary-inner-asian-capitals
KW - capital
KW - power
KW - genealogy
KW - Inner Asia
KW - Socialistic brotherhood
KW - symbol
KW - memorials