Li Zhoru, PhD student at the Department of Sociology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia) and Deputy Secretary General of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for State Security Studies, Nankai University (China), e-mail: liz@my.msu.ru
See: Li Zhuoru. Social memory and symbolic capital: Institutional practices of Victory Day celebration in modern Russia. Part 1. Alma mater (Vestnnik vysshey shkoly). 2025. No. 7. Pp. 67–74. DOI: 10.20339/AM.07-25.067
Guided by the conclusions elaborated in the foregoing section, the present inquiry undertakes a methodologically rigorous scrutiny of the mutually antagonistic modalities for the mobilisation of symbolic capital that are brought into operative resonance during the state-sanctioned commemorative observances of Victory Day. The hegemonic political stratum, institutionally embodied within the all-Russian political formation “United Russia,” secures the systematic consolidation of the pertinent resources through normatively regulated ritual configurations, pedagogically framed formats, and a centrally coordinated media agenda, whereas the oppositional Communist Party of the Russian Federation, by invoking the civic initiative denominated the “Immortal Regiment,” constructs an alternative interpretative matrix predicated upon grass-roots mobilisations. The comparative analysis records the ensuing redistribution of symbolic assets, which exerts a decisive influence upon the parameters of inter-party competition, the delineation of generational demarcations, and the dynamics of legitimation; the empirical evidence thereby adduced corroborates the working hypotheses and refines the appreciation of the integrative function fulfilled by collective memory.
Keywords: empirical analysis, party competition, Victory Day, social cohesion, symbolic resources
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