The Great Patriotic War on the newspaper pages: Characteristics and specific features of virtual projects

The author reviews several projects devoted to the heroism of Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War. She characterizes the virtual projects, i. e. the project by TASS IA - "The Great Patriotic War through the eyes of Soviet journalists. TASS presents the frontline reports and newspaper articles of 1945" (January 19 - May 16, 1945); series of articles by Udmurtia information agency (covering the period of January 30, 1942 - May 9, 1945 as presented in the newspapers). The author compares these two projects to the NAB project "One hundred days before the Great Victory. Belarus newspapers in 1945" ( anuary 30 - May 9, 1945) by the goals, contents and depth, and completion. The projects follow the day chronicle on the verge of the Victory, demonstrate the heroism of people in the front and behind the lines, and use information potential of historical newspapers. The author also characterizes the project by Gomel V. I. Lenin Regional Universal Library "The Victory Echo" (May 9, 1945-2020) and the joint multimedia project by Belarus Telegraph Agency and Belarus State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War: "The Victory chronicle: The living need the memory." This experience can be used for designing similar virtual projects and other digital information resources.