Marina S. Nosova

PhD in Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of History, Philosophy and Social Communications

Omsk State Technical University

(Omsk, Russia)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22405/2712-8407-2025-2-36-49

Abstract. The virtual environment has become the main source of information for the modern average person, student and researcher. In order to obtain data on the Great Patriotic War, one turns to the anniversary year of the Victory much more often. On the Internet, information about the events of the war is disseminated not only through the official websites of scientific institutions, museums and historical centres, but also through pages and channels in social networks. Created for everyday communication, they provide an opportunity for amateurs to broadcast their own opinions to an unlimited audience. The aim of the publication is to show how information about the events of the Great Patriotic War “lives” in the space of messengers. Based on statistical data on the use of platforms, the author of the article examines attempts to represent the topic on Telegram, the second most popular platform among the Russian audience. Publications were analysed both in official channels and in amateur channels. Certain differences in the presentation of data, both in the forms of publications and in the quality of information are revealed. The channels specific to this platform - chatbots (automatic interlocutors with a given algorithm) dedicated to the Great Patriotic War – are analysed separately. Based on the analysis of the array of publications for the first quarter of 2025, the authors show how the memory of the war in the virtual space of social networks is represented in the anniversary year.
Keywords: social networks, historical memory, popularization, Great Patriotic War, modern commemorative practices, Telegram, representation.

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For citation: Nosova, MS 2025, ‘Open Access: Information about the Great Patriotic War in the Space of Telegram Channels’, Tula Scientific Bulletin. History. Linguistics, issue 2 (22), pp. 36–49, https://doi.org/10.22405/2712-8407-2025-2-36-49 (in Russ.)

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