0083-4327 Huns on the Ruins of Socialism: Public Past in Inner Asian Cities Szmyt Zbigniew author Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Correspondence to: Zbigniew Szmyt 31 05 2021 Tom 49 Numer 1-2 2021 145 167 Copyright © 2021 2021 <p>This paper examines the process of Hunnic symbols introduction to urban space. The question is, why rapidly expanding and modernizing cities at the same time create so many references to ancient archaeological cultures that previously played almost no role in the urban or national culture? The main emphasis is on public past in two cities: Ulaanbaatar and Ulan-Ude. In order to provide insight into this variety of social behaviours, an increased focus is put on: indigenous placemaking, shamanic activity in the city, new temporalization and local politics of memory. As a consequence of these processes, new senses of urban space, time and history are established. 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