COMMEMORATIVE PRACTICES IN KABARDINO-BALKARIA ABOUT THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

The article explores commemorative practices about the Great Patriotic War on the example of Kabardino-Balkaria.     The state of historiography and the sources of the studied problem is analyzed, its relevance, novelty, theoretical and practical significance are substantiated. The regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation and Kabardino-Balkaria, providing for various commemorative practices to preserve the memory of the Great Patriotic War, are considered.  The experience of state, municipal authorities and civil society institutions on the formation of commemorative practices at the federal, regional, municipal and family levels is summarized. It is noted that the main national symbols of the memory of the Great Patriotic War are such as Victory Day, Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, Day of the Unknown Soldier and other dates specified in the Federal Law “On Days of Military Glory and Memorable Dates of Russia”  Revealed places of memory in Kabardino-Balkaria: military cemeteries, mass graves, memorial places of military operations of soldiers of the Red Army, memorial plaques, books of memory, museums of military glory, as well as streets, squares, schools named after the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, The experience of the work of state and municipal authorities and civil society institutions on the search and establishment of the names of the dead, the burial of their remains, the improvement of monuments, and reconstruction of the events of the war years that took place in Elbrus region in 1942–1943 is summarized.  The commemoration created at the initiative of family members, their relatives and veterans is analyzed. The activities of public movements, the Immortal Regiment, and the Candle of Remembrance campaigns to preserve the family’s personal memory of the generation of World War II are highlighted.  An analysis of the problem under study showed that commemorative practices create the conditions for preserving the memory of the Great Patriotic War and consolidating society