Siberian album "Halmg Unn": Transformation of historical memory

The article presents the project “Siberian Album” of Kalmyk newspaper “Halmg Unn” as a resource for preserving collective, family memory associated with tragic events in past Kalmyks – exile people to Siberia. Family photos and albums are presented translators custodians historical places settlements, obvious witnesses past. traumatic experience generated by demographic losses during deportation still has an exceptional effect on life modern society, forms its identity transforms structure about This been demonstrated most clearly active participation region population Siberian Album project. photographs continue evoke bitter memories injustice, exile, but at same time, many, these were years youth, study, friendship peers, so many bright, joyful experiences remain their memory. Despite well-developed methodological tools policy, new discourses fixed this problem area. These include, particular, “post-memory” discursive form broadcasting constructing image help media technologies. Republican can be considered demonstration individual, family, dynasty. When analyzing commemorative practices, it is worth highlighting important component national policy “historical trauma”, that is, traumatic, painful both individual actor community (family, people, etc.).