ANTHROPOLOGY OF MEMORY OF RURAL WOMEN OF ZHYTOMYR REGION ABOUT POST-WAR EVERYDAY LIFE

The purpose of the study. peculiarities everyday life in Ukrainian village during late Stalinism framework women’s survival experience first postwar decade are highlighted article. research is based on memories peasant women Zhytomyr region, whose childhood took place 1940s. Methodological basis study historical-anthropological approach, with one its manifestations being history life. Scientific novelty. rural peasants region from standpoint gender approach accomplished for time. strategies period emphasized. following components analysed: work a collective farm, ways to meet material and household needs family, behaviour famine circumstances 1946-1947. Conclusions. Women’s post-war were distinguished by extreme nature ability adapt circumstances. During that period, epicenter was not private family but farm as an important economic social institution. famine, hard poverty still remain painful stigma memory women.