title: Museums of Soviet Belarus in the era of perestroika and glasnost’ (1985–1991)
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metadata.value: Huzhalouski, Alexander А.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-10-09T11:38:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-10-09T11:38:45Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2024-03
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metadata.value: Huzhalouski А. A. 2024. Museums of Soviet Belarus in the era of perestroika and glasnost’ (1985–1991). The Issues of Museology 15 (1): 27–45. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu27.2024.103 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu27.2024.103
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/47652
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Temporary distancing enables us to examine the difficult and contradictory time of museum
  sphere development in the USSR, which is known in history as Gorbachev’s perestroika and
  glasnost. The article attempts to demonstrate the expansion of the museum network in Soviet
  Belarus, to trace the process of its profile differentiation, and to trace the branching of museums
  during this time using archival sources from the collections of the Ministry of Culture of the
  Belarusian SSR, published statistical materials, as well as periodicals. The source base utilised
  made it possible to examine public efforts and state policies in the area of museum life. One
  of them is the public discourse of the late 1980s and early 1990s regarding who owns the cult
  artistic heritage that museums have preserved during the years of anti-religious actions. The
  author highlights the increase of museum collaboration with Belarusian collectors while listing
  and discussing museum innovations from the perestroika and glasnost era. Between 1985 and
  1991, there was a significant shift in the development of Belarusian museums, which gradually
  became more focused on international contacts. The author notes that when examining the
  beneficial improvements in museum life during the perestroika and glasnost era, it was during
  this time that there was a final, normative reluctance to record and publicize the accomplishments
  of Soviet society. The state policy aimed at the development of Belarusian culture and the
  cultures of the national communities of Belarus as an integral part of universal human culture
  was reflected in the filling of fresh content in all areas of work of Belarusian museums. The
  material and technological foundation of museums has been damaged, and their budgetary
  support has been constrained, by the country’s deteriorating socioeconomic position. This called
  for the adoption of new management techniques, organizational structures, and technological
  advancements, which happened following the failure of the Soviet Union. In general, the article
  expands the existing ideas in historical museology about the era of perestroika and glasnost, its
  role in the expansion, democratization, and professionalization of museum activities.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: The Issues of Museology;Volume 15; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: museum
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Soviet Belarus
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Ministry of Culture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: society
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: museum fund
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: museum building
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: branch
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: visitor
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: artist
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: collector
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Museums of Soviet Belarus in the era of perestroika and glasnost’ (1985–1991)
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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