FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF MEMORIES OF «CHILDREN OF WAR» ABOUT RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF THE POPULATION OF KALININ OBLAST IN THE 1940S–1950S

FORMATION OF THE COLLECTION OF MEMORIES OF «CHILDREN OF WAR» ABOUT RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF THE POPULATION OF KALININ OBLAST IN THE 1940S–1950S

Authors

  • О.Г. Леонтьева

Keywords:

church history, church life in Soviet society, religious practices, the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, the category of "children of war", oral history, Kalinin Oblast

Abstract

The article describes the organization of work of the historians in the Tver State University for creating the collection of oral sources about religious practices in Soviet society in the 1940s–1950s, particularly among the population of Kalinin Oblast. The article characterizes principles, methods and tools of oral history used to form the complex of recollections, obtained as a result of surveying the certain age group of the population - ―children of war‖.The article analyzes the structure and content of the questionnaire, methods of practical questioning, andthe results of workfor creatingthecollection.The article also contains an initial assessment of the informational component of thisdocumentary complex and the prospects for further work with the collection of thesememories

Published

2023-05-16
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