Return of historical memory in the military lyrics and journalism of Alexei Surkov

Abstract

The article first accesses the front-line notebooks A.A. Surkov, which are stored in the Rybinsk Museum-Reserve. Alexei Surkov (1899-1983) - poet and essayist, editor, born in the Yaroslavl land, during the Great Patriotic War was a war correspondent. In his journalistic articles and poems of this time there is an appeal to the traditions of ancient and classical Russian literature, to Christian themes and images. The theme of historical memory returns universal values ​​in the literature.