title: Prewar Peterhoff: museum mission and state ideology
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metadata.value: Bondarev, Sergey V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-01-13T10:12:58Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-01-13T10:12:58Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2016-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Bondarev S. V. Prewar Peterhoff: museum mission and state ideology. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2016, issue 4, pp. 124–141.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2016.410
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/5928
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Museums are part of the state system of preserving the cultural heritage of the nation and ensuring its
  transmission to future generations. The State’s care of preservation and use of cultural heritage is an
  important factor in ensuring the continuity and stable development of society. The country’s history
  experienced a period when the government sought to turn the museum into ‘politprosvetkombinat’.
  The political ideology of the 1920s and 30s defined the role and tasks of museum institutions.
  Employees at the Peterhoff museum were looking for ways to embed themselves in the conjuncture
  of the time, while at the same time strictly following the main task of the museum, the preservation
  of historical heritage. Work on the creation of new exhibitions at Peterhoff began in the mid-1920s.
  Employees of the Peterhoff museum offered a project for efficient use of museums for propaganda
  purposes. A new method of constructing the museum, has been universally recognized in all the city’s
  suburbs. The method was called the ‘thematic method’. In addition, over two years Peterhoff workers
  ‘spontaneously’ carried out activities to create a recreational park, without waiting for administrative
  decisions. The individual introduction of elements of mass relaxation allowed for striking a balance
  between the State’s idea about the ‘cultural combine’ and preservation of 18th and 19th centuries parks’ appearance. Peterhoff employees cared more about the fountains’ condition, than about filling parks
  with various kinds of entertainment. Despite the ultimate efforts of the Peterhoff employees in the
  second half of the 1930s, the famous suburb had a number of major problems. Due to the inadequate
  provision and lack of independent funding, the Peterhoff ’s administration was not able to maintain
  major park repairs, fountains, garden structures and museum buildings at the proper level. Attempting
  to find funds for restoration, Peterhoff employees simultaneously lead expositions in line with the
  changing trends, initiated by the state. This approach allowed us to preserve many artifacts as well as
  the palaces and museums themselves from the encroachments of power. Refs 61.
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: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Series 2. History;Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Museum
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Peterhoff
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: culture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ideology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: N. I. Arkhipov
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: S. S. Geychenko
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Prewar Peterhoff: museum mission and state ideology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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