{"product_id":"diary-entries-motherland-far-beyond-the-polar-circle","title":"Diary Entries \/ Motherland: Far Beyond the Polar Circle, Georgs Avetisjans","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 16\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe accompanying diary entries from Georgs Avetisjans trip to Siberia in 2019-2020. During his journey, he was writing a personal diary and reflecting on thoughts, observations, and the process of making the work Motherland: Far Beyond the Polar Circle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMotherland: Far Beyond the Polar Circle \u003c\/span\u003eis a visual and investigative journey to understand secrets guarded in the past. Using a Soviet-made medium format camera, the Salut, Georgs narrates the story of a town built upon the bones of Soviet prisoners 163 kilometres beyond the polar circle where many deportees once lived. Considered enemies of the USSR, many were taken to the Gulag camps and left to die from cold, starvation, and poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorgs went to a town Far North in Siberia, where his mom was born in 1952 and where his grandma spent 15 years in exile. She was deported in 1941. The author went on the Trans-Siberian train from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk, where he boarded a small plane to Igarka. It was his journey through the past on the railroad tracks of exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracing these painful accounts made him imagine his grandma and her fearful journey into the unknown. Georgs wanted to see the town where his grandma lived and find the house where his mom was born. He wanted to experience the seemingly infinite landscapes of Northern Siberia and the Yenisei River surrounding the town and meet its inhabitants. While often romanticized by ordinary Russians, this vast expanse holds many recollections Georgs is excavating and bringing to the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe believe this book and inclusive materials, letters, and found diary entries will raise awareness of these political crimes, propaganda, and history that repeats itself in modern-day Russia, where deportations are still a political tradition of the Soviet Union. The book shows how quickly the past is forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Russian regime continues to use the same methods. More than a million are already deported from the temporarily occupied territories to the Far East regions in Siberia. It is essential to make awareness of such history through a multidisciplinary process, research, and compilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the second chapter of the trilogy. Each part deals separately with the notions and meanings of Homeland, Motherland, and Fatherland from a deeply personal and autobiographical perspective. All three parts are multi-layered photographic narratives in the form of a photobook with cross-references like hyperlinks to additionally inserted stories connected to the subjects and landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMilda Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoftcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e72 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEdition of 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e105 x 148.5 \u003c\/span\u003emm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eISBN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e9789934874857\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Milda Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46721426293067,"sku":"DEMFBTPCGA01","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/IMG_8644.heic?v=1689508262","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/no\/products\/diary-entries-motherland-far-beyond-the-polar-circle","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}