Gavriil Dobroskok's journalistic and literary activities in Kuban

The study of the creative biographies of writers and journalists who represent regional cultural traditions remains relevant for both contemporary media studies and regional literary scholarship. This article investigates the journalistic, literary, and dramatic heritage of Gavriil Vasilyevich Dobroskok, whose significant portion of life was associated with the Kuban region. A detailed analysis is conducted on the publication of his Christmas story "Predskazanie Marka Proklyatogo" [The Prediction of Mark the Accursed] in the newspaper Kuban' in December 1905, which led to the author's arrest and subsequent conflict with local intellectual circles. It is demonstrated that the separate publication of Dobroskok's drama Sichevoy Orel [Sich Eagle] in Yekaterinodar in 1906 marked the beginning of a series of his literary works connected with the history of the Zaporizhian Sich and the Black Sea Cossack Host. As a result of the conducted research, the main stages of Dobroskok's creative path were identified, documents related to his unsuccessful attempt to publish his own newspaper Kubanskaya Gromada [Kuban Community] were introduced into academic discourse, and the plot features of his historical drama Kazach 'i Pradedy [Cossack Ancestors] were showcased. The main characters of this drama represent the heroes of the resettlement of the Zaporizhian Cossacks to Kuban. The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive analysis of Dobroskok's journalistic and literary works within the general context of the development of Kuban periodicals and literature in the early twentieth century. Historical-typological and comparative methods of research, content analysis of newspaper and literary materials, as well as archival sources were used in the study. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.

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