Abstract
The goal of the study is to research Moscow urban legends as a source of studying historical memory and Moscow citizens’ mythological vision. The source of the research are the legends:
• collected by the researcher within 2000—2017;
• collected by folklore researchers 1938—2017;
• from Moscow history studies;
• the Mass media;
• from the Literature.
The total number of the texts is 428. The texts differ in structure and theme; they are about different historic figures and cover different historical periods. All the legend s are structured and represented in www.urbanlegends.ru. Every legend is characterized by following features: lack of author, reproduction frequency and rarity. Supposed to have been verified the legends, however, can hardly be referred to as historical facts. Nevertheless, it is a unique source for historical memory study. All these points are reflected in the article.
Keywords
Moscow urban legends, historical memory, mythological vision, folklore studies, the history of Moscow
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