Abstract
The authors consider the oral microhistory of political repression based on the analysis of archival and investigative materials.A unique set of sources, most of which are introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, reflect the repressed everyday life of Soviet people.Given the originality and specificity of the materials used, the authors conducted a narratological analysis of archival and investigative materials in the focus of the created images of the history of political repression.Of particular interest are the oral traditions of the prison life of informants with daily reports of conversations that took place in the cell.The direct participants in the procedural algorithm of the investigation are, on the one hand, the PCIA officer, as the accusing party, and on the other hand, the arrested citizen, as the accused person.Their communication, drawn up in the records of interrogation protocols, demonstrates the perception of Soviet everyday life and the opposition of consciousness to political violence.A special perspective of the oral microhistory from the first person in the status of an arrested, accused, interrogated, etc. reveals the deep processes of interaction of a "little man" with power, repressive everyday life and its relation to current events.Soviet dissent in the form of comments, rumors and anecdotes, ditties and other folklore of the period of repression was evaluated by article 58-10 as "anti-Soviet» humor ridiculed international events, party leaders, five-year plans, made fun of saving the Schmidt expedition, * Жанбосинова Альбина Советовна, доктор исторических наук, Евразийский Национальный университет им.Л. Гумилева, Нур-Султан, Республика Казахстан, e-mail: sovetuk