Commemoration of Petersburg Avant-garde
Head of scientific research Balash Aleksandra Nikolaevna, PhD in cultural studies, associate professor, Department of museology and cultural heritage. Petersburg at the beginning of 20<sup>th</sup> century is the center of concentration of Russian avant-garde, today the city continues to keep an important information potential. What is the role of collective memory in the interpretation of the events of the last days? This article will consider the phenomenon of commemoration of Saint Petersburg avant-garde as a specific form of representation of the past.