The historical memory of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 as the basis of self-identification of the Russian society

The article is considered the issues connected with the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The difficulties of identification just as the very conception The historical memory so the peculiarities of its formation in the conditions of transforming society in Russia are noted in the paper. It is concluded that this topic requires the further scientific development since we are on the threshold of a new phase of thinking about the experience and significance of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.