Александр Архангельский. Ключевые тексты эпохи 1990-х и трансформация через культуру / Лекция №8

Alexander Arkhangelsky discusses the key texts of the era in literature, cinema, and mass events that formed the symbolic framework for Russia's self-determination in the 1990s. 00:00 – Beginning 01:06 – The concept of "text": any set of signs intended to be read 04:01 – Key Texts of the Era 04:25 – Ehrenburg's "The Thaw" 07:15 – Yevtushenko's "Tanks in Prague" 08:17 – Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago" 09:30 – Valentin Pikul and Vladimir Chivilikhin 10:52 – Glazunov's "Eternal Russia" 12:03 – Joseph Brodsky and Kushner's "Times You Cannot Choose" 12:32 – "Texts" of Perestroika 13:20 – Rybakov's "Children of the Arbat" 15:12 – Narrative of the 1990s: Gorbachev on a United Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals 16:14 – Metaphor of Return: Tsoi, Grebenshchikov, Shevchuk, Kabakov, Letov, and Diaghilev 19:35 – Restoration of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior: A Return to the "Triad" 20:25 – The Return Journey: Govorukhin on "The Russia We Lost" 21:56 – Parody: "Peculiarities of the National Hunt" 24:21 – "Old Songs about the Main Thing": Reconciling with the Soviet Past 26:20 – Mikhalkov's "The Barber of Siberia" 27:42 – The Funeral of the Royal Family: A Return to "The Russia That Never Was" 28:53 – Akunin: Playing at Restoration 30:20 – Pelevin's "Generation P": Substituting Reality with Images 31:13 – The Film "Brother": A Model of a Terrible, but Only Russia 33:34 – The Book "Project Russia" 35:28 – Sorokin: a parody of a collaborator, the indistinguishability of lies and truth 38:49 – Summary 39:06 – Question: Is the phrase "You're not my brother" from the film "Brother" a random touch or an expression of a key aspect of Russia's image? 42:36 – Question: What is the social and cultural significance of mass spectacles and events, especially sporting and state events? 44:45 – Question: Can films from the 1990s, such as "Brother," be seen as manifestations of post-traumatic stress disorder, and are there other similar examples? 47:39 – Question: Is the chain of texts and events you mentioned more random or systematic? ━━━ 🎓 ━━━ Literature ✷ Arkhangelskij, A. (1996). The study of historical self-knowledge. In Russia: Fragments of a Post-Soviet Culture (pp. 168-178). Bremen: Edition Temmen. 197 p. ✷ Arkhangelsky, A. (2024). Perestroika and Literature https://polka.academy/projects/910 ✷ Rodnyansky, A. (2024). Loveless: About Putin's Russia in 9 Films. Riga: Medusa Publishing House. 350 p. ✷ Cinema and Context (2022-2025): From Gorbachev to Putin / ed. and compiled by L. Arkus. Vol. 1-5. St. Petersburg: Seans. ✷ Eichler, Maya (2022) Inventing the Defender of the Fatherland: Army, War, and Gender in Post-Soviet Russia - Boston: Academic Studies Press. ✷ Herman, D. (2002) Story Logic: Problems and Possibilities of Narrative. University of Nebraska Press. ✷ Nicolosi, R. (2025) Putin's Kriegsrhetorik, Konstanz University Press. ✷ Laruelle, Marlene (2025). Ideology and Meaning-Making under the Putin Regime. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ✷ Menzel, B. (2001). Bürgerkrieg um Worte: Die russische Literaturkritik der Perestrojka. Cologne: Böhlau Köln. 420 p. ━━━ 🎓 ━━━ Alexander Arkhangelsky is a Russian literary scholar, critic, and television host. From 2009 to 2023, he was a professor in the Faculty of Media Communications at the Higher School of Economics. He is the author of over 30 books and the host of popular documentaries on Russian culture and literature. ━━━ 🎓 ━━━ The course is a series of open lectures on politics, history, culture, and media. The first course was held at the Ruhr University Bochum and focused on the transformation of Russia from 1989 to 1999. Course #1:    • Попытка демократии: Россия 1989–1999. Экон...   Course #2:    • Попытка демократии. Конституция 1993 года   In collaboration with Ruhr University Bochum, the Ruhr University Alliance, and the East European College. #arkhangelsk #lecture