{"id":17932,"date":"2026-04-01T18:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alenakuznetsova.com\/?page_id=17932"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:48:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:48:32","slug":"self-decomunization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alenakuznetsova.com\/?page_id=17932","title":{"rendered":"Self-Decommunization"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ganoderma lucidum, a mold, a Soviet book about Lenin’s life<\/em><\/p>\n

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My family has a Soviet past and a russian surname, Kuznetsova, which is actually the most common surname in the world (other versions include Kovalenko and Smith). My professional name, Alena, is russian too, and that upsets me a bit. The name in my passport is even worse \u2013 Vladlena, a shortened version of Vladimir Lenin. What a perfect name in this day and age\u2026 I was joking recently with an artist friend about decommunisation. Sometimes you have to start with yourself, so we coined the slogan, \u2018Decommunise yourself\u2019, which is exactly what I did with my name.<\/p>\n

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