Abstract:
The article provides an analytical and generalizing review of the hundred (auto) biographical sketches of modern residents of St. Petersburg born in 1945, published in the collection “Peers of Victory: stories of our readers” (TSGPB named after V. V. Mayakovsky, 2020). The scientific relevance of the publication lies in the enduring value of primary personal autobiographical and biographical materials as sources of information not only about the circumstances of the life of the current residents of St. Petersburg, born in 1945, but also about their perception, experience of the stages of this life, about the representation in their minds of its “meaning”. The main value of the materials of the collection is in the social and cultural, psychological diversity, diversity of character and the memories presented in it, and their authors. Thanks to this, the collection can be used as a source by representatives of many social sciences and humanities. It should be borne in mind, however, that a certain set of tone, content and forms of memories is characteristic of the collection, because the selection and primary editing was carried out in libraries that collected memories.