Edīte Tišheizere (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.53631/MIS/2025.17.3
February 24, 2022, marked a turning point, after which it became necessary to radically reassess previous values, relationships, development paths, and the cultural landscapes a whole. The Baltic countries, particularly Latvia, have since become a focal point where significant shifts in public opinion regarding Russia, Russian culture, and cultural heritage are taking place. Contemporary figures of Russian culture are being reevaluated as well. Any collaboration between Latvian artists and their exiled Russian counterparts is often viewed as a political act, even when not intended as such.
This paper is devoted to the analysis of artworks created in Latvia by exile artists from Russia – namely, directors Dmitry Krymov and Yuriy Butusov, actors Chulpan Khamatova, Shamil Khamatov, and others – in the context of their political stances, statements, and integration into the Latvian cultural landscape. The paper should not be regarded as a comprehensive study within specific theoretical frameworks or paradigms but rather as a kind of ‘field research’ that gathers and interprets individual facts, without claiming broader generalizations.
Keywords: Russian exile, language, identity, integration