Материалы интернет-блогов как источник личного происхождения

The article is devoted to the analysis of Internet blogs as a source of personal origin. The paper gives the concept of an online blog; describes the specifics of various Internet platforms; problems faced by a researcher using blogs as a historical source; features of source analysis of online blogs. The author examines certain categories of personal blogs, for example, blogs of Russian officials. The role of Internet blogs in studying the history of Russia at the beginning of the XXI century is touched.