Chronotopic dominants in the discourse of the literary almanac “Siberian Athens” at the turn of the 20th-21st centuries

The article analyzes chronotopic dominants in the discourse of the literary almanac called «Siberian Athens». The study is based on 38 issues of almanac published between the years 1994 to 2007, comprising a total 1073 publications. The research examines the dynamics and content, and identifies the specifics of the topical and temporal components of the chronotopein literary, journalistic and local historical texts. The article concludes by arguing that the almanac's discourse is dominated by the Tomsk and Siberian chronotope, and explains how and why it has become so. The article also demonstrates the retrospective nature of the chronotopes of literary and local historical texts by identifying the historical events that serve as the most frequent temporal background of the works published in the almanac.