"I Acted as Onegin with Tatyana": Young Worker in the Space of Soviet Culture

The author considers the significance of the cultural space in the life of the young worker of one of the Molotov plants. The impressions of the Soviet worker are reflected in a personal diary. It noted important moments of his own life during the war. The diary has an obvious cultural context. The author slowly reads A.I. Dmitriev's diary for the purpose of understanding the content of the cultural repertoire of the young Soviet worker, as well as the place and value of culture in the daily practices of the Soviet province. War did not mean the death of culture. Culture made it possible to compensate for the tragedy of the surrounding reality. In the Soviet rear there were various forms of Soviet culture. The example of the author of the diary confirms their great importance in shaping the personality of a young Soviet man. Study of the text of the ego-document by A.I. Dmitriev allows us to conclude that the cultural menu, pointing to which is present in the author's reflection, was in its majority a product of USSR totalitarian propaganda, which, in turn, contributed to the legitimation of the Soviet state. Despite the propaganda effects, the cultural menu during the war could enrich Soviet people with new knowledge. Classical texts made it possible to expend a person's understanding of world culture.