The article is dedicated to the anniversary of Nina Petrovna Khramkova, candidate of historical sciences and professor of the Domestic History and Archeology Department at the Samara State University of Social Sciences and Education. Her work had a significant impact on the development of the Samara humanities pedagogical school. In addition to her teaching, N.P. Khramkova is actively involved in research; without her research on the role of culture during the Great Patriotic War, it is difficult to imagine regional historiography. The history of the country during the war years occupies a special place in N.P. Khramkova's work: articles on the work of higher education in wartime conditions, chronicles of the war years, the conduct of a special seminar for students, and supervision of dissertations by graduate students on this topic. In addition, N.P. Khramkova, together with students, restored the names of the university's faculty and students who died on the war fronts and were later immortalized in a memorial. Through her efforts, a university history museum was created, of which she remains the scientific curator to this day. A search of the archives helped identify seven Heroes of the Soviet Union – students of the history department – and their names are immortalized on memorial plaques located on the department building.