Cultural memory and a cultural heritage are closed and interconnected concepts. However not always, that cultural heritage which we have, is fixed in our cultural memory. Article represents the analysis of the pilot sociological researches devoted to a place of monuments, connected with a cultural heritage of the region in cultural memory of student’s youth. In article are analyzed those preferences which students give to this or that historical figure which connected with Astrakhan and has made a contribution to its cultural heritage.

Cultural memory and a cultural heritage are closed and interconnected concepts. However not always, that cultural heritage which we have, is fixed in our cultural memory. Article represents the analysis of the pilot sociological researches devoted to a place of monuments, connected with a cultural heritage of the region in cultural memory of student’s youth. In article are analyzed those preferences which students give to this or that historical figure which connected with Astrakhan and has made a contribution to its cultural heritage.