(Literary) Capital of the Russian Arctic: Murmansk in Russian Literature

• Main Author: Lappela, Anni Irmeli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Poljarnyj vestnik 2019
• Subjects: literatura rosyjska; Murmańsk; obraz miasta; Arktyka; geokrytycyzm; Russian literature; Murmansk; image of the city; Arctic; geocriticism; Bertrand; Prieto
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12528/1248

In this article, I examine depictions of the city of Murmansk in Soviet and contemporary Russian literature: how different works describe Murmansk’s liminal location and role as a frontier city in the Russian Arctic. I approach this question by analyzing three themes central in the texts about Murma...