The normative and extreme daily life of the Soviet elite in 1945-1950 (based on materials from the archives of St. Petersburg)

The article contains the characteristics of the source base for the study of the daily life of the Soviet elite in the second half of the 1940s in Leningrad and the Leningrad Region through the prism of the history of emotions. Today, there is a demand in society for in-depth understanding of late Stalinism, including the study of the activities of the Soviet and party elite of this period. The appeal of historical science to the study of the emotional standards of everyday life (both working and domestic) allows a new understanding of the era. The author focuses mainly on the analysis of materials available in the archives of St. Petersburg (The Central State Archive of St. Petersburg, The Central State Archive of Historical-Political Documents of St. Petersburg, The Central State Archive of Cinema and Photo Documents of St. Petersburg), as well as museum collections.