Item Summary

The phenomenon of military reenactments is highly popular in Belarus, with a predominant focus on episodes from the Second World War. A telling example are the photographs from the series "A la guerre come a la guerre," taken at the historical and cultural complex Stalin Line (Minsk district), a site annually visited by admirers of the Soviet military history. Here, they reenact battles in which one group is assigned the role of the "fallen," playing dead and lying on the ground until the event comes to an end. In addition to the dubious moral and ethical value these reenactments, even their historicity remains uncertain, since there is no agreement on this chapter of Soviet history.

Descriptive Information

Title
A la guerre comme a la guerre - 1-10
Sort Title
a la guerre comme a la guerre - 1-10
Creator of work
Liankevich, Andrei
Language
Belarusian
English
Date Created
2012
Format
Photographs
Series
Goodbye, Motherland
Rights Statement
In Copyright

Discovery Information

Subject
Arts and culture
Photography
History
History
Politics and government
War
Geographic Subject
Belarus
Geographic Origin
Belarus

Physical Characteristics

Height
20
Width
30
Page Count
10
File Count
10

Institutional Information

Collection
The photography of Andrei Liankevich
Box number
Digital box #1
Folder number
270-279
Barcode
00000000000000
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/50b67b5e-b851-4d14-b5f7-a9d1d852356c/manifest