Our aim is to introduce necroreverence as analytical category into the research on necropolises as particular spaces. The necroreverence, a cultural esteem for the dead, combines local and imported aesthetic-ideological elements and is reflected in space. Within the text, it is used in the context of cemeteries for Soviet soldiers in Central Europe. As case studies were chosen two necropolises: in Warsaw (Poland), and in Bratislava (Slovakia). The article draws on press and visual materials from 1950 to 2020 and field observations. Authors track the changes in functioning of the cemeteries to understand the transformation of significance attributed both to the necropolises and the fallen in relation to the inhabitants of both cities and the changing party responsible for the cemeteries. (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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