Gabowitsch and Homanyuk draw on unique sources to trace the logic of Russian monument policies in occupied Ukraine: wartime on-site ethnography complemented by systematic real-time data collection from online sources, many of which have since disappeared. The book shows how Russian invaders believed their own propaganda about Soviet war memorials being mistreated in Ukraine, and what they did when they discovered well-maintained monuments on the ground. More generally, it also discusses the link between monuments and territorial claims by irredentist empires.

This book is included in DOAB.