The concept of "cultural memory". Written and oral forms of transmitting cultural information over time. Representation of cultural memory phenomena in different semiotic codes (folk literature, visual arts, architecture, etc.). The space of the cultural memory. Elements of sacralisation and symbolisation of the past in cultural information transmitted orally. Ethnolinguistics as the principal methodological framework for studies of folk culture in its linguistic and speech representations. Ethnic and national characteristics of cultural memory. The culture of historical memory in modern Russian society.