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A Pop-Cultural Reappraisal of State Terror? The YouTube Film 'Kolyma – Birthplace of Our Fear' and Its Viewers

  • A year ago, the documentary film 'Kolyma – Birthplace of Our Fear' was uploaded to YouTube. Made by the blogger Yury Dud, it has received over 20 million views today, despite the fact that it addresses one of the darkest chapters of recent history in Russia - the Gulag. The article analyses the film and its popular appeal, not least among young audiences. It identifies three key phenomena of present-day Russia that the documentary addresses: fear, ambivalent attitudes towards Stalin and anA year ago, the documentary film 'Kolyma – Birthplace of Our Fear' was uploaded to YouTube. Made by the blogger Yury Dud, it has received over 20 million views today, despite the fact that it addresses one of the darkest chapters of recent history in Russia - the Gulag. The article analyses the film and its popular appeal, not least among young audiences. It identifies three key phenomena of present-day Russia that the documentary addresses: fear, ambivalent attitudes towards Stalin and an ahistorical form of patriotism.show moreshow less

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Document Type:Article
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25626/0112
Creator and project details
Author:Anna Schor-TschudnowskajaGND
Editor:Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):A Pop-Cultural Reappraisal of State Terror? The YouTube Film 'Kolyma – Birthplace of Our Fear' and Its Viewers
Parent Title (English):Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:2020/08/24
Date of Publication (online):2020/08/19
Date of first Publication:2020/04/29
Language:English
Subject indexing
DDC-Classification:9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
Tag:Gulag; Kolyma; Memory; Russia; Soviet Union; Stalin; Stalin cult; Youtube; Yury Dud; popular attitude
GND Keyword:Russland; Arbeitslager Kolyma; Stalin, Iosif V.; Stalinismus; Kollektives Gedächtnis; Sowjetunion; YouTube; Dokumentarfilm
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File Size:608 KB
MIME-Type:application/pdf
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