MEMORIES OF "CHILDREN OF WAR" (19411945) IN COMMEMORATIVE PRACTICES OF THE RUSSIAN SOCIETY: "PLACE OF MEMORY" OR "PLACE OF OBLIVION"?
The article evaluates new opportunities for the conservation and transmission of historical memory, as well as overcoming standardization and memorialization of the past, by appealing to such ego-sources as memories of "children of war". It is established that appealing to the ego-sources in terms of the "gap" in generational memory is one of the most effective commemorative practices, in contrast to the traditional ways of preserving the memory transforming the event into the category of historical sites. The value of this type of sources is revealed, as well as the methods of work with the memories of "children of war" based on modern research practices are offered.