N.M. Jadrintzev and G.N. Potanin's posthumous dialogue (on material of letters and archival documents)

In article the history of «posthumous dialogue» of N.M. Jadrintsev and G.N. Potanin is considered. Ithas started to develop right after death-suicide of Jadrintsev in Barnaul in 1894 when Potanin decided to immortalise memory of the friend ina number of books and publications and to continue his business on a management of the newspaper «East review». To this dialogue, undoubtedly,preceded long years of friendship of Jadrintsev and Potanin, their creative public and art-publicistic activity connected with thedevelopment of ideas of Siberian province phenomenon. The general problematics connected with problems of identification and selfidentificationof Siberia, searches of national identity, etc., continued to be comprehended by Potanin and after the death of the colleague in asituation of the end of the XIX - the beginnings of XX centuries. Special dramatic nature has arisen round an epistolary heritage of Jadrintsevwith which the employee of the newspaper «East review» of T.M. Farafontova dealt. Potanin's letters and the materials of the archive ofJadrintsev, stored in department of rare books of Scientific library of Tomsk State University, help to clear a situation concerning destiny ofletters and how already in late revolutionary years Potanin continued to conduct the indefatigable activity connected with perpetuating ofmemory of Jadrintsev and continuation of common research of problems of Siberia.

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