ACHIEVEMENTS OF KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR CITY SOCIETY "MEMORIAL"
Close attention to the issue of rehabilitation of victims of political repression in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur began to be paid since 1989, the interest in the topic was associated with a change in the political direction and replacement of the country leadership. The purpose of the article is to determine and study the role of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur city society «Memorial» in the life of Komsomolsk-on-Amur and summarize results of its activities. The methodological basis of the study was an integrated approach to the analysis of the city society «Memorial» activity in the process of rehabilitation of victims of political repression. The main methodological principles are: objectivity, comprehensiveness, and historicism. The materials that form the basis of the study were studied and analyzed taking into account chronological events. The authors used materials from the Komsomolsk-on-Amur city archive, books and guidebooks of the historian, journalist, full member of the Russian Geographical Society, candidate of historical sciences, and chairman of the Komsomolsk-on-Amur branch of the Russian society «Memorial» M. A. Kuzmina.