MEMORIES OF IMPORTANT LIFE EVENTS
The memoirs of the famous writer, ethnographer, folklorist, hagiographer and collector Gennady Petrovich Durasov include sketches of the most important episodes of life associated with his research and collection activities. Close ties with the Rublevsky Museum and a team of its restorers in the 1970s-1980s are described, the expeditionary atmosphere of those years, many important meetings and acquaintances, the inclusion of the author in restoration and collection activities, the unexpected acquisition of new professions and skills are conveyed. A separate topic is the fate of archives, home collections, understanding the importance of collecting activities. It is not by chance that the author sees himself as a museologist, this is evidenced by his closest creative ties with individual museums of the country in Kargopol, Arkhangelsk, Moscow, his fruitful participation in the activities of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments as a lecturer, correspondent, and practitioner.