RARE AND LITTLE-KNOWN EPISODES OF WORLD WAR II IN MEMORY OF DESCEND-ANTS ITS PARTICIPANTS: STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION Cover Image

РЕДКИЕ И МАЛОИЗВЕСТНЫЕ ЭПИЗОДЫ ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ ПАМЯТИ ПОТОМКОВ ЕЕ УЧАСТНИКОВ: К ПОСТАНОВКЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ
RARE AND LITTLE-KNOWN EPISODES OF WORLD WAR II IN MEMORY OF DESCEND-ANTS ITS PARTICIPANTS: STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION

Author(s): Nataliya Rodigina, Oleg Nikolaevich Cationov, Roman Smagin
Subject(s): History
Published by: Новосибирский государственный педагогический университет
Keywords: history; World War II; collective memory; historical politics; historical consciousness.

Summary/Abstract: The article substantiates the relevance, methodological foundations and plan of the re-search project dedicated to the collection, compilation and publication of the memoirs of de-scendants of the Great Patriotic War about rare and little-known episodes. Analyzed the existing historiographical approaches to the study of collective memory of the war of modern Russians, representations of war in the historical policy of the second half of XX – beginning of XXI centu-ry. Based on the work of historians and sociologists, the authors show main place of War of 1941–1945 for the construction of the images of the past of contemporaries and its role for the national identity of the post-war generations. The experience of creating similar collections of memories in Russia and in the world was described. The special attention is given to the ques-tion of importance of including in the activities to establish a database of memories of one of the brightest and most dramatic events of national history undergraduate and graduate students of pedagogical high school as future parents, teachers, researchers. Phased implementation plan, expected results, the methods of gathering information proposed in conclusion.