THE MEMORIES OF THE SAMARA REGION GOVERNOR K. A. TITOV AS A HISTORICAL SOURSE
The article deals with the recollections of Konstantin Alekseyevich Titov, the first governor of the Samara region in the modern history of Russia. The source potential of K.A. Titov`s memoirs is analyzed in order to study his activity as both a regional politician and a federal one. Titov has recorded the most important events of his political career; he has also described the personal characteristics of statesmen in the period of 1990s and early 2000s. In the memoirs a lot of attention is paid to the relations between the governor and the central government. The conclusion of the research is that the memories of K.A. Titov are important as a source of information about the history of Russia in the previously mentioned period; however, they do not fully reflect the aspects of K.A. Titov`s activity as a regional and federal politician.