The Vikings are an excellent example of the significance cultural memory: from post-Viking-Age sources to their rediscovery in Victorian period popular appeal current times. Ancestry is a key dimension as vikings could be dynasty founders or imbue region with Scandinavian heritage. importance settlements remaining connected Iceland and Old Norse milieu highlighted. Archaeological evidence non-S...

The formation of social memory is an important component the state humanitarian strategy. It acquires special significance in conditions postmodern transformations a transitional society, which directly relate to functioning political system. Thus, process democratic transition becoming undeniable and peremptory reality. necessity for liberal economic reforms also not much controversial. With t...