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To analyze how contemporary Russian artists represented Soviet industrial decay and militarized landscapes between 2014 and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

August 14, 2026Slavonica

From Ruins to Weapons: Post-Soviet Landscapes in Transition

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To analyze how contemporary Russian artists represented Soviet industrial decay and militarized landscapes between 2014 and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Qualitative art-historical analysis of paintings, site-specific installations, and textiles created between 2014 and 2022 by Pavel Otdelnov, Taisia Korotkova, and Lyudmila Baronina.
Investigation of geographical representations spanning western Russia, the southern Urals, south-east Kazakhstan, and the Black Sea coast of Georgia.
Demonstrated a conceptual shift in artistic representations of post-Soviet landscapes from preservation-focused nostalgia toward an awareness of ruins as threats shaped by military appropriation.
Identified visual display strategies—including ethnographic museum formats, fictional narratives, and folklore—used to disentangle remote geographies from their militarized legacies.

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Qualitative visual analysis reveals shifting depictions of industrial ruins in Russian art from 2014 to 2022, highlighting transitions from nostalgia to militarised threats.

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Elena Konyushikhina (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ee587b70b84ec8b91479b https://doi.org/10.1080/13617427.2026.2703372

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Qualitative visual analysis reveals shifting depictions of industrial ruins in Russian art from 2014 to 2022, highlighting transitions from nostalgia to militarised threats.

From Ruins to Weapons: Post-Soviet Landscapes in Transition

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