Identity in Monuments to the Pugachev Rebellion

• In Event: Space and Place in the Cultural Representations of/in the Global East

Abstract

In The Pitchfork, his popular history of the Pugachev Uprising, Alexei Ivanov uses two monuments to punctuate his discussion of regional identity as a factor for participation in the rebellion: one to Salavat Ulayaev in Salavat, Republic of Bashkortostan, and one to Emelyan Pugachev in Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. The conclusion to the book is laid by a foundation stone from the Tatishchevo fortress. The paper will consider Ivanov’s arguments about multi-ethnic identity as related to place and the resulting implications for an understanding of the “Russia” against which Pugachev rebelled.

Author

• Megan L. Dixon, College of Idaho