Positioning the Events of the Great Patriotic War in the Framework of the state Policy of Memory: Problems and Prospects

Abstract

Within the framework of this study, the problem of identifying shortcomings in the current model of positioning the events of the Great Patriotic War at the state level is being solved in terms of assessing the prospects for its development The methodology of this work is formed through a combination of descriptive analysis and secondary processing of data from mass surveys of leading sociological agencies in Russia The theoretical foundation of the research is built by integrating the concepts of social memory by Durkheim, M Halbwachs, P Riker and J Assmann The authors concluded that the current model of the memorial positioning of the events of the Great Patriotic War by the state is built without considering some fundamental laws of the formation of social memory in the context of reproduction and preservation of national-state identity The basic symbols that determine the space of the memorial narrative can be positioned fundamentally, depending on the context of the narrative and the specifcs of the political situation The most important contradiction is manifested in the declaration of mass heroism, and outstanding achievements against the background of the negative positioning of the socio-political are levelled through the negative context within which the previous and subsequent events are described There is a lack of reflection on the expected change in the broadcast formats of the memorial narrative in the medium term at the strategic level.