RUDN Journal of Russian HistoryRUDN Journal of Russian History2312-86742312-8690Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)3835Memoirs as Cultural Phenomenon and Historical SourceGeorgievaN GКафедра истории России; Российский университет дружбы народов; Peoples' Friendship University of Russianavladi@list.ru <mailto:navladi@list.ru>Peoples' Friendship University of Russia15012012112613807092016Copyright © 2012, Georgieva N.G.2012The article analyzes the role of memoirs as the native culture phenomenon, process and means of introducing memoirs to the social and scientific and educational practice. The author considers the Russian historians' views development on theoretical and methodological problems of memoirs studies. There are shown the offered variants and achieved results of development of defining «memoirs», studies of their specific peculiarities, principles and schemes of memoirs systematization as well as the criteria of defining their scientific and educational value as historical sources.memoirsreminiscenceshistorical sourcepersonality nature of events perceptioninformation subjectivityV.S. GolubtsovS.S. DmitrievP.A. ZaionchkovskyS.S. MintsE.V. TarleA.G. Tartakovskyмемуарывоспоминанияисторический источникличностный характер восприятия событийсубъективность информацииВ.С. ГолубцовС.С. ДмитриевП.А. ЗайончковскийС.С. МинцЕ.В. ТарлеА.Г. Тартаковский