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Solovyovo: The Story of Memory in a Russian Village by Margaret Paxson takes an in-depth look of the eponymous rural Northern Russian town. The book, written mostly as a modern anthropological piece, analyzes the rituals and practices of the inhabitants of the town, from everyday activities to religious activities. The portrait of the town shows an adapting group, combining elements of Orthodox Christianity, Communism, and the new world order, as well as providing understanding of social memory and the role of the calendar in shaping people's lives. It was published by the Woodrow Wilson Press and the University of Indiana Press.

Table of Contents
Preface: Iuliia's Hands
Chapter 1: Memory's Topography
Chapter 2: Setting the Village in Space and Time
Chapter 3: Being "One's Own" in Solovyovo
Chapter 4: Radiance
Chapter 5: Wonders
Chapter 6: Healing
Chapter 7: The Red Corner
Chapter 8: Calendars
Afterword: On Lightness and Weight