oral historical source The state of the source base of researches of the daily practices of the population of the Saratov region in the second half of the 1950s – mid 1980s Authors: Gumenyuk A. A. The article presents an analytical review of the types of sources identified by the author (written, oral, audiovisual) for studying the history of the daily life of the population of the Saratov region in the second half of the 1950s and mid-1980s.