The KGB and Its Enduring Legacy

Bateman, Aaron

doi:10.1080/13518046.2016.1129863

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“…In Moscow, the FSB, which serves as the “inheritor” of the KGB and NKVD in many ways (Bateman, 2016; Fedor, 2013), still owns the Lubyanka building. Yet, it has neither become a “heritagized” (Milošević, 2018: 54) site of memory nor retained its previous function as the center of the country’s security services.…”

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“…The same can be said about the judiciary and power machinery” (p. 298). Aaron Bateman (2016) argues, “Under Gorbachev and his post-Soviet successors, there have been no admissions of excessive KGB security practices and the use of violence and terror to crush dissent,” trends that he views as continued and even intensified in Putin’s FSB (pp. 25, 46–47).…”

Section: The Lubyanka Buildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Lubyanka: Dissonant memories of violence in the heart of Moscow

Comer

2023

Memory Studies

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An infamous Soviet edifice, the Lubyanka’s yellow bulk still stands in central Moscow. The building is controlled by the federal security service (FSB), the contemporary security services, and the FSB provides no tangible acknowledgment of the building’s past. Yet, it is not erased; instead, the surrounding landscape has become a meaningful space for memorializing the victims of Soviet repression. Although the government’s official policy is to ignore or muffle the Lubyanka’s dark heritage, other actors have stepped in to interpret this painful legacy in various ways. This article examines different processes of heritagization and memory work within this “heritagescape.” It sheds light on the Lubyanka area’s polysemic meanings and sociopolitical roles in contemporary Russia, as well as the contested processes of heritagization and memorialization at sites of violence. It also introduces the idea of “accountability” as a concept that can be communicated at a heritage site, especially at times of increased state violence.

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Section: The Lubyanka Buildingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Lubyanka Buildingmentioning

confidence: 99%