Genius loci of Feodor Kryukov, the journalist and the portrayer of “Quiet flows the Don”

The article aims at the integral analysis of the works of the Cossack writer F.D. Kryukov, who opened for the Russian reader multicoloured flavor of the Don region and the Don Cossacks, he also became a literary mentor for many Cossack writers in the dynamics of life’s journey, the development of their talent and in the variety of manifestations in the cultural and historical context of his time. In addition, almost all the works of F.D. Kryukov was published in the literary magazines (in Civil War period - in the newspapers), which determines the specific approach of the writer to display the reality as a writer-journalist. The article determines the writer’s thematic preferences, describes the new type of the character - Cossak, a native of the river Don.