title: Preserving the Memory of the Great Patriotic War: Regional Practices (1941–1945)
abstract: The perpetuation of the feat of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War through monuments, museum displays, and artistic texts has been going on for three-quarters of a century now. Perpetuation strategies at various stages have been determined by official interpretations of events, processes, and commemorative practices. Referring to the analysis of the situation in Krasnodar Krai, this article reconstructs the initial stage of war commemoration and the mechanisms of historical memory 
journal: Izvestia of the Ural federal university Series 2 Humanities and Arts