This publication presents the results of research projects of the Center for Oral History of the European University in St. Petersburg "Blockade in the Fate and Memory of Leningraders" and "Blockade of Leningrad in the Collective and Individual Memory of City Residents" (2001-2003), devoted to the analysis of the image of the Leningrad blockade in the public consciousness of Leningrad residents of the post-war era.