The Category of Memory in the Poetry of V. Kiryushin: Ontological Aspect

The aim of the study is to identify the features of the phenomenon of memory in the poetry of the modern poet Victor Kiryushin. The object of the article is the ontological dimension of memory in the Russian artistic verbal culture, which in the work of the modern author is associated with the image of a soldier, the image of war, the image of an old woman-mother, poetics and aesthetics of the “saying thing”. The subject of the study is the figurative realization of the phenomenon of memory in V. Kiryushin’s poetic selection from the literary and socio-political almanac “Day of Poetry – XXI Century” (2023). Considerable attention is paid to the interaction between digital memory and contemporary art, Russian poetry, which has the qualities of cultural entelechy. Digital memory and cultural memory are compared. Great culturological potential of modern poetry for studying the national existence of Russia is revealed. The results of the study can be applied in the course of teaching courses on the culture and history of Russia in secondary and higher schools.