This book presents a study of collective representations in Soviet Russia concentrates on perceptions of Lenin's image from a socio-anthropological, rather than political, view. In addition to Communist Party information, official documents, memoirs and folklore, newly opened secret reports of the Soviet political police are used for the first time. The book analyzes the development of the cult from Lenin's lifetime up to the process of "de-Leninization" in the 1990s. Much of the research concerns the perception of Lenin's death and the decision to embalm his body, the campaign called "the Lenin enrollment", renaming of Petrograd and organization of "Lenin Corners". The book also presents new material devoted to Lenin museums, along with archive documents and never-published photographs.

Recording of Aleksandr Volodin's The music of my memory. This work consists of 3 parts: "Old photos", "Deep", and "monologue". The composer describes this work as being "small pieces of my small world" and used sound materials that were recorded in Kolomna City in 2002.

Recording of Taras Bujewski's Striking up a tune. This work contains fragments of Russian choral songs from the provinces of Belgorod and Bryansk. The elements of this music are compared to urban noises and the contradictory nature of these two sound worlds are explored.

Concert presented at Winspear Hall at the Murchison Performing Arts Center.

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Men's and Women's Choruses performance at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

Grand chorus concert performed at UNT Winspear Performance Hall.

Concert presented at the UNT Winspear Hall.

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music (MM) degree.