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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Ethno review</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Ethno review</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Этнографическое обозрение</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0869-5415</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">3034-6274</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">672294</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31857/S0869541523010049</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">PMJKFG</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Valaam memory breaks: valaam’s memorial community in search of the lost island</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Разломы валаамской памяти: мемориальное сообщество Валаама в поисках утраченного острова</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Melnikova</surname><given-names>E. A</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мельникова</surname><given-names>Е. А</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>melek@eu.spb.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">European University at St. Petersburg</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Европейский университет в Санкт-Петербурге</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-02-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>02</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO1 (2023)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">№1 (2023)</issue-title><fpage>45</fpage><lpage>66</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-02-27"><day>27</day><month>02</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Российская академия наук</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Российская академия наук</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-5415/article/view/672294">https://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-5415/article/view/672294</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article is focused on the memorial community of Valaam, which evolved after the buildings of Valaam Monastery were handed over to the Russian Orthodox Church and the locals were forced to leave the island. I turn to an analysis of a variety of recollections and different forms of incorporating the history of the archipelago into the personal biographies of its recent inhabitants. Considering Valaam as an essential place of memory in the biographies of its former inhabitants, I try to answer the question of why, unlike other migrants who return to their homeland in search of traces of their past, the resettlers from Valaam refuse to come back, preferring to speak of the island as lost and inaccessible. The article gives a brief history of the post-war development of the archipelago, the emergence of a community of “keepers” in the 1970s and 1980s, and traces several biographies of local residents whose youth was linked to life and work on the island. Drawing on research on the memories of migrants, I argue that the contemporary memory of the archipelago is a territory of phantom pain caused not only by forced displacement, but also by the loss of the former locals’ status as experts and defenders of the historical and cultural heritage of Valaam. The article draws on field material from the years of 2020-2021.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Статья посвящена мемориальному сообществу Валаама, сложившемуся после того, как сооружения Валаамского монастыря были переданы Русской православной церкви и местные жители были вынуждены покинуть остров. Я обращаюсь к анализу различных типов воспоминаний и разных форм включения истории архипелага в личные биографии его недавних обитателей. Рассматривая Валаам как важное место памяти в судьбах его бывших жителей, я пытаюсь ответить на вопрос о том, почему в отличие от других мигрантов, возвращающихся на родину в поисках следов своего прошлого, переселенцы с Валаама отказываются приезжать сюда, предпочитая говорить об острове как утраченном и недоступном. В статье дается краткая история послевоенного заселения архипелага, формирования сообщества “хранителей” в 1970-1980-е годы и прослеживается несколько биографий местных жителей, чья молодость была связана с жизнью и работой на острове. Опираясь на исследования, посвященные воспоминаниям мигрантов, я показываю специфику современной памяти об архипелаге как территории фантомной боли, обусловленной не только вынужденным переселением людей, но и утратой ими статуса экспертов и защитников исторического и культурного наследия Валаама. В статье использованы полевые материалы 2020-2021 гг.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>heritage</kwd><kwd>anthropology of memory</kwd><kwd>displacement</kwd><kwd>oral history</kwd><kwd>traumatic past</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>наследие</kwd><kwd>антропология памяти</kwd><kwd>переселение</kwd><kwd>устная история</kwd><kwd>травматическое прошлое</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Большакова Г.И. Заложники новой границы: проблемы заселения и освоения Карельского перешейка в 1940-1960 гг. СПб.: Астерион, 2009.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Бредникова О., Ткач О. Дом для номады // Laboratorium. Журнал социальных исследований. 2010. № 3. С. 72-95.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>Веригин С.Г. 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