А. С. Метельков The purpose of the article is to show the evolution of handwritten amateur publications in the 1920s – 1940s and to give an example of the ego document that emerged as a result of it. The relevance of the research is determined by the fact that it lies in the field of the history of everyday life and microhistory. Amateur publications, especially those created by children, are usually overshadowed by official print editions and have a low level of preservation, so the introduction of each of these sources for scientific use is certainly significant. In this case, such a publication is a collective diary kept by schoolchildren in Bolotnoye, Novosibirsk region, in 1944–1945. The study shows that despite the harsh pressure of the state on diaries and albums, as well as attempts to replace the content of old forms with new ones more appropriate to Soviet reality, the children’s diary escapes the framework imposed on it and shows the lives of children in its real form.
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