THE ROLE OF THE EDITOR'S PERSONALITY IN FORMING THE IMAGE OF THE PROVINCIAL PERIODICAL EDITION OF THE XIX CENTURY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF A.A. TANKOV’S ACTIVITIES IN KURSK PROVINCE)
Аbstract. The decisive role of the editor's personality in the formation and development of the periodical publication of the Russian province of the XIX century is analyzed in the article on the example of editing activities of A.A. Tankov (1856-1930), the historian, regional ethnographer, journalist and pedagogue from Kursk. The author considers his personal, creative, intellectual and professional characteristics, his social and civic positions, moral principles in determining the position of the printed organ he edits. The article describes the regional themes of the basic periodicals of Kursk province of the late XIX - early XX centuries.