Vlasov Alexey V. RussiaSaratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya St., Saratov 410012, Russia aleksvlasov3007@gmail.com Author's articles The Image of the Ally and the Practice of Interaction with Representatives of the Union Administrations in the Daily Life of SMAG Employees in 1945–1949 Methodological and source problems of studying the daily life of employees of the Central office of the Soviet military administration in Germany