Г.Н. ПОТАНИН И ГАЗЕТА «СИБИРСКАЯ ЖИЗНЬ»: ГРАНИ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВА
Исследуется многолетнее и плодотворное сотрудничество Г.Н. Потанина с газетой «Сибирская жизнь», издававшейся в г. Томске в 1894-1919 гг. Раскрывается тематика опубликованных им статей. Освещается деятельность Г.Н. Потанина в редакционном комитете Сибирского товарищества печатного дела. Рассматривается материальная сторона сотрудничества с изданием. ; The article is devoted to G.N. Potanin's long-term and fruitful cooperation with the newspaper The Siberian Life major private daily edition in Siberia in the late 19th the early 20th century, published in Tomsk in 1894-1919. G.N. Potanin was the newspaper man of the edition since 1902 and till its suppression. Those years Grigory Nikolaevich also co-operated with other Siberian and capital periodicals. However his most significant articles which can be divided into 1) social and political 2) biographical, milestone and memorial 3) cultural and educational 4) scientific were published in The Siberian Life in particular. In The Siberian life publications by G.N. Potanin were signed both under a full name «G. Potanin» and pseudonyms such as «Gr.P-n», «G.P-n», «G.P.», «P.» etc. In 1903-1904 G.N. Potanin conducted the Sunday illustrated supplement to The Siberian Life. However because of disagreements with editor-publisher P.I. Makushin he had to stop cooperation with The Siberian Life for a while. But after an editorial post was taken by I.A. Malinovsky and M.N. Sobolev in November 1905 and the Siberian Association of Printing became the publisher, G.N. Potanin was reinstated in The Siberian Life. It is also documentary confirmed that he became one of the members of the editorial committee of the Siberian Association of Printing since 1917. At the same time there is a basis for a belief that he had been elected as a member of editorial committee even earlier in 1912, in particularly. One of directing marks of cooperation of Grigory Nikolaevich with The Siberian Life was the publication of his Memories in 19131917. It is known, that Potanin's financial situation was not stable. His primary income was the pension for his scientific work (25 rubles per month), therefore fees for articles printed in The Siberian Life provided him such necessary additional earnings. Generally speaking, the editorial staff and authors of The Siberian Life appreciated G.N. Potanin. The apogee of the recognition of his achievements in The Siberian Life was granting a monthly lifelong pension (300 rubles) to Grigory Nikolaevich in November, 1919 from the Siberian Association of Printing on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the newspaper. Only three employees of the edition, besides him, were honored to receive it. Thus, G.N. Potanin not only participated in the establishment of the social and political direction of the newspaper, but also represented himself as a «spiritual mentor» of the Siberians, using The Siberian Life for this purpose. The impact of the newspaper on the society was going far beyond Siberia. In a great measure, it was the result of the cooperation with such outstanding personalities such as Grigory Nikolaevich Potanin.