Key Narrativеs of National History in Armenian Social Memory

This article presents the main results of the sociological survey devoted to the study of depth and structure of the historical memory of modern Armenian society. Our research was devoted to identifying historical memory in modern Armenian society; its depth and perception of historical boundaries, the structure of this memory in modern society. The historical period of memory discourse in the social sciences today is manifested in the widespread dissemination of memory studies also in the sociological research. Despite some incompleteness, social memory has the ability to retain in the collective consciousness the main historical narratives that are very necessary for the construction of national identity. This article analyzes the main results of a nationwide sociological survey, which made it possible to identify the features of the historical consciousness of modern Armenian society. To verify the collective ideas about the time of formation of the Armenian people, Armenian language and spiritual culture. The study revealed the key events in history, commemorative set of national heroes and rulers, as well as the temporal information accumulated in the common historical memory of social groups.