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

• Published in: Poljarnyj vestnik
• Main Author: Lappela, Anni Irmeli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Russian literature; literary urban studies; Arctic city; Murmansk; geocriticism; Arctic; Bertrand; Prieto
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/vestnik/article/view/4446; https://doi.org/10.7557/6.4446

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...