The textbook discusses the well-known memoirs of N. A. Durova's "Notes of the Cavalry Maiden" in terms of important theoretical problems associated with the functioning of the memoir-autobiographical text in the Russian socio-cultural space . The study allows to increase the level of study of the humanitarian code of Russian literature, expanding the knowledge associated with the philological projection of memorabilia and autobiographical literature on related humanitarian disciplines - history, psychology, cultural studies. For philological students enrolled in the master's program, as well as for all those interested in this range of issues . Recommended by the methodological council of UrFU as a teaching aid for students enrolled in the master's program in the direction of training 032700 "Philology (Russian language and literature)" .